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"^/./^5«r;o«^^} HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES {°So^"^'' 



JOSEPH A. GOULDEN 

( Late a Representative from New York ) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



DELIVERED IN 

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 

UNITED STATES 



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)■'■ -' SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION .' " M / '--■ 



Proceedings in the House 
January 23, 1916 



Proceedings in the Senate 
December 7, 1915 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 




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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 6 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Murray Hulbert, of New York 9 

Mr. Dudley M. Hughes, of Georgia 13 

Mr. Isaac R. Sherwood, of Ohio 14. 

Mr. Charles G. Edwards, of Georgia 18 

Mr. John J. Fitzgerald, of New York 21 

Mr. Clement Brumbaugh, of Ohio 25 

Mr. Henry Bruckner, of New York 29 

Mr. Charles F. Booher, of Missouri 33 

Mr. J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania 35 

Mr. Isaac Siegel, of New York 39 

Mr. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama 41 

Mr. James T. Lloyd, of Missouri 42 

Mr. Edmund Piatt, of New York 45 

Mr. Warren Worth Bailey, of Pennsylvania 47 

Mr. J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland 48 

Mr. Harry H. Pratt, of New York 51 

Mr. Meyer London, of New York 53 

Mr. William A. Ashbrook, of Ohio 54 

Mr. Michael F. Farley, of New York 56 

Mr. Addison T. Smith, of Idaho 58 

Mr. William J. Gary, of Wisconsin 60 

Mr. Peter J. Dooling, of New York 63 

Mr. David A. Hollingsworth, of Ohio 65 

Mr. Daniel J. Riordan, of New York 68 

Mr. William S. Rennet, of New York 71 

Letter from former Representative Steven B. Ayrcs, of 

New Yoipk 94 

Biographical sketch by Mr. Michael J. Corcoran, secre- 
tary to Hon. Joseph A. Goulden for 25 years 96 

Proceedings in the Senate 111 



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HON- JOSEPH A.GOULXJEN 



DEATH OF HON. JOSEPH A. GOULDEN 



Proceedings in the House of Representatives 

Monday, December 6, lOlT). 

Mr. Bennet. Mr. Speaker, it is my sad duty to announce 
to the House the death of one who was for three terms my 
colleague, of whom I was a constituent, and whom 1 suc- 
ceeded; one of the few remaining old soldiers in this 
House, the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, who passed away 
in the city of Philadelphia on May 3 of this year. At 
another time I sliall ask this House io set apart a session 
to pay proper tribute to his memory. At this time 1 ofler 
the follo\\'ing resolution: 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolution. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

House resolution 19 

Resolved, That the House has luard with profound sorrow ol' 
the death of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, a Representative from the 
State of New York. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Thursday, January 6, lOKi. 

Mr. Bennet. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous conscn! ior 
the passage of the order that I send to the Clerk's desk. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from New 
York [Mr. Bennet] asks unanimous consent for the imme- 
diate passage of the resolution which the Clerk will 
report. 



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The Clerk read as follows: 

Ordered. That Sunday, January 23, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, 
be set apart for addresses upon the life, character, and public 
services of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, late a Representative from 
the State of New York. 

The Speaker pro tempore. Is there objection to the 
immediate consideration of the resolution? 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The question is on agreeing 
to the resolution. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Thursday, January 20, 1916. 
The Speaker. The Chair appoints the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Fitzgerald] to preside next Sunday at the 
memorial exercises for the late Representative Goulden. 

Saturday, January 22, 1916. 

The Speaker. The Chair wishes to remind Members that 
memorial services will be held in the House to-morrow on 
the life, character, and public services of the late Repre- 
sentative Joseph A. Goulden. 

Sunday, January 23, 1916. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to 
order by Mr. Fitzgerald as Speaker pro tempore. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
following prayer: 

Our hearts turn to Thee, our Father in Heaven, as we as- 
semble here to-day in memory of a deceased Member of 
this House, whose life and public services challenge the 
admiration of all who knew him. As a young man in his 
teens he answered the call of President Lincoln for volun- 
teers to preserve the integrity' of the Union, and proved 



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himself a brave and gallant soldier on many a field of 
battle. When the war was over he returned to his home 
and took up the life of a civilian and made himself a 
worthy and valuable citizen. Wherever he was called, in 
city. State, or Nation, he served with distinction. His 
genial character, splendid personality, and generous im- 
pulses made him a favorite. Here on the floor of this 
House, where he served for many years, he was noted for 
his fidelity and efficiency, a consistent member of his 
chosen church. Long may his memory live and inspire 
others to emulate his virtues. Be Thou a comfort to those 
who knew him best, especially to the members of his im- 
mediate family, that they may look forward with hope in 
the blessed promise of the life immortal, through Him 
who taught us the continuity of that life and illustrated 
in the glorious resurrection. Amen. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will read the Jour- 
nal of the proceedings of yesterday. 

Mr. Bennet. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
dispense with the reading of the Journal. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from New 
York asks unanimous consent to dispense with the read- 
ing of the Journal. Is there objection? 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
special order. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

On motion of Mr. Bennet, by unanimous consent, 
Ordered, That Sunday, January 23, at 12 o'clock noon, be set 
apart for addresses upon the life, character, and public services 
of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, late a Representative from the State 
of New York. 

Mr. Bennet. Mr. Speaker, I olTer the following resolu- 
tion. 

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The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from New 
York offers a resolution which the Clerk will report. 
The Clerk read as follows : 

House resolution 101 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, 
that opportunity be given for tribute to the memory of Hon. 
Joseph A. Gollden, late a Member of this House from the State 
of New York. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

Resolved, That at the conclusion of to-day's proceedings the 
House, as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased and in recognition of his distinguished public career, do 
stand adjourned. 

The resolution was agreed to. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Hulbert, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: When the Sixty-fourth Congress con- 
vened. Col. Joseph A. Goulden failed to answer to his name 
because on May 3, 1915, he had responded to the final 
roll call of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. When I 
recall his efficient and faithful service and glorious record 
of splendid legislative achievement and then take a retro- 
spective of his noble character as a man in private life, 
I consider that this House does great honor to itself by 
convening to-day, in compliance with its time-honored 
custom, to memorialize our lamented colleague. It is 
the most sacred privilege which can come to me as a 
heritage of his friendship that, as an evidence of my 
gratitude to him, and in sincere appreciation of his 
loyalty and devotion, I am permitted to participate in 
these exercises. 

Friendship is the rarest and sweetest flower that grows 
in the garden of life; its soil is the human heart; it is 
planted by honest thought, nurtured by tears of sym- 
pathy, and kept alive by the breath of good wishes. Any- 
one who possessed the friendship of Col. Goulden, and 
they were legion, might have applied the acid tests of a 
chattering tongue, a wind of adversity, a bit of good for- 
tune, or a breath of slander, only to find that it was untar- 
nished by any or all. It was pure gold. And so it is of 
the man as I knew him to be that I desire to speak this 
afternoon, with apologies for making my remarks more 
personal than might seem prudent. 

When I had been elected a Member of this House, with 
that disinterested eagerness and courteous solicitude 



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which characterized Col. Goulden as a kindly man of 
distinctive paternal tendencies, especially thoughtful and 
considerate of the young man entering upon a public 
career with little experience to his credit, he sought me 
out, as an intimate acquaintance of the younger members 
of his family, and bestowed upon me his gracious and 
esteemed favor. 

It was at his earnest insistence that I came to Washing- 
ton as his guest at the opening of the final session of the 
last Congress, to serve what he termed " an apprentice- 
ship," and until the Christmas recess I shared his com- 
pany dail}', attending each session of the House at his 
behest, where, although a man of a quiet and retiring 
yet most companionable disposition, he was always con- 
spicuous by his military regularity in devotion to duty, 
and participated actively, forcefully, and influentially in 
the deliberations of this bodj', affording me many educa- 
tional opportunities, for which I am now appreciably 
thankful for his thoughtful consideration. 

He was an ardent and enthusiastic advocate of any 
measure from which he perceived a substantial benefit to 
the common weal would follow, but a fearless and tire- 
less worker against that which did not meet with his 
approbation. 

He manifested an especial interest in matters relating 
to educational and civic improvements, and, of the latter, 
notably the development of the waterways of New York 
Harbor and its tributaries, which he always sought to 
impress upon me was the foremost consideration deserv- 
ing my attention in this Congress. 

A veteran of the Civil War, he was intense in his 
patriotic devotion to his countiy, and particularly to the 
memoiw of those who had given of their services as his 
comrades, and it is not surprising to find that he was 
the foremost advocate and predominating factor in inau- 



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Address of Mr. Hulbert, of New York 

gurating a plan of military instruction in the public 
schools and inculcating the patriotic spirit in the youth 
of New York City. He devoted much of his time and 
talents arousing public sentiment in favor of this move- 
ment, and was one of the organizers of the military' 
battalion of Public School 87 in the Borough of Manhat- 
tan, New York City, and which has since been adopted 
in all of the larger public schools in that city. The youth- 
ful inmates to the number of thousands participate every 
year in the Memorial Day parade, which will soon be 
bereft of the grizzled and enfeebled veterans of 1861-1865. 

It was my privilege to attend with Col. Goulden a few 
days before he died a luncheon in New York City, on 
which occasion he delivered the last public address he 
ever made. He emphasized the long and arduous fight 
which he had carried on to secure by congressional enact- 
ment two great improvements of inestimable benefit to the 
upper section of the city, and one of which was adopted 
by the Sixty-third Congress, the other being situate in 
the district now represented by myself, and he said — it 
seems now almost prophetically' — " My chief ambition to 
secure for the people of my district their most needed 
improvement is accomplished; my work is done; the other 
is in the district of my young and vigorous friend, who 
has the strength " — and other adjectives which modesty 
impels me to omit — " to take up the work which 1 have but 
begun." Col. Goulden had postponed a visit to Taney- 
town, Md., to join his daughter who had preceded him 
there, but left immediately after the meeting above re- 
ferred to, and upon his return to Philadelphia the fol- 
lowing Monday afternoon he was stricken in the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad station and died peacefully. 

In his pocket was found a poem of which he had in- 
tended to make use at a dinner of his Grand Army com- 



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rades the following Saturday evening and which I think 
makes a most fitting summary of his life and character: 

A little more tired at close of day, 
A little less anxious to have our way; 
A little less ready to scold and blame, 
A little more care of a brother's name; 
And so we are nearing the journey's end. 
Where time and eternity meet and blend. 

A little more love for the friends of youth, 
A little less zeal for established truth; 
A little more charity in our views, 
A little less thirst for the daily news; 
And so we are folding our tents away. 
And passing in silence at close of day. 

A little less care for bonds and gold, 
A little more zest in the days of old; 
A broader view and a saner mind, 
A little more love for all mankind; 
And so we are faring adown the way 
That leads to the gates of a better day. 

A little more leisure to sit and dream, 

A little more real the things unseen; 

A little nearer to those ahead, 

With visions of those long loved and dead; 

And so we are going, where all must go, 

To the place the living may never know. 

A little more laughter, a few more tears. 

And we shall have told our increasing years; 

The book is closed and the prayers are said. 

And we are part of the countless dead. 

Thrice happy if then, some soul can say, 

" I live because the Grand Army passed my way." 

Mr. Speaker, with him I wish to add that I live because 
Col. Joseph A. Goulden passed my way. 



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Address of Mr. Hughes, of Georgia 

Mr. Speaker: I felt a deep sense of personal loss when 
I learned of the death of our colleague Hon. Joseph A. 
GouLDEN. His genial optimism was ever a source of in- 
spiration, and his happy smile radiated joy to every 
heart. 

In his long service in the House the record shows he 
was an able Representative, true to every interest of those 
who trusted him. That this conscientious adherence to 
duty was appreciated by those he represented was dem- 
onstrated by the fact that after serving them for eight 
years he announced his intention to retire from Congress, 
and did retire for two years. His people, however, so 
strongly desired his return to public life that he was 
unanimously designated and confirmed at the primaries 
in 1912 and elected to the Sixty-third Congress. He again 
accepted their commission, and his later service was 
marked by that same fidelity to duty which was ever an 
outstanding quality in his public work. Knowing him as 
I did, I can thoroughly appreciate this devotion to him on 
the part of his constituents. He was truly their Repre- 
sentative, and their interests were to him paramount. 

I could not forego this opportunity of adding my word 
of tribute to his noble service and this expression of my 
personal regard for him as a man, a friend, a patriot. The 
Nation shares his loss with his family, friends, and con- 
stituents. 



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Address of Mr. Sherwood, of Ohio 

Mr. Speaker : Our departed friend, Joe Goulden, as we 
called him familiarly on this floor, was a soldier. Since 
his death I believe thei'e are only two soldiers left in 
this whole representative body of 435 Members. As Com- 
rade Goulden was a heroic unit of that great Army in our 
greatest war, it seems to me to be appropriate to mention 
some peculiarities of that war as distinguished from all 
other wars in all history. 

In the first place it was an open and manly war. It was 
not a subterranean war. Our trenches were never over 
waist deep. The Army was in full view. Across the 
waters to-day the armies are all out of sight. They are in 
trenches from 6 to 8 feet deep, covered by an impervious 
substance. 

There was another peculiarity of our war. During our 
whole four years' struggle there was not a woman or a 
child or a noncombatant killed by a soldier. Now there 
is in progress a war where they drop bombs down from 
the sky and murder innocent women and children. 

There was another peculiai'ity of our war. Everj' sol- 
dier who stood behind a gun knew just what he was fight- 
ing for. In the present war the German peasant on one 
side of the River Rhine has no quarrel with the French 
peasant on the other side of the River Rhine. They are 
of the same class, they have the same general interests, 
and 3'et they are at each other's throats. Neither knows 
what he is fighting for. 

There was another peculiarity of our war that never has 
attached to any other war in all history. It was the only 
war in all history where the soldiers on the march and 
around the bivouac fires at night sang patriotic songs and 
recited poems of their own composition. In the War of 

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the American Revolution the leaders of that struggle were 
the most liighly educated men on either continent. In the 
North they were graduates of Yale, Harvard, and Prince- 
ion, and in the South of the College of William and Mary. 
Yet in that great struggle that lasted for seven years no 
epic poem was ever written, and not a soldier of the Con- 
tinental Army sang a patriotic song. It was the same in 
the War of 1812 and the same in the Mexican War. But in 
our war over 100 patriotic songs were sung by the soldiers. 
The South sang Dixie, the Bonnie Blue Flag, Mainland 
my Maryland, and Somebody's Darling. The North sang 
John Brown's Body, Tenting To-night on the Old Camp 
Ground, Who Will Care for Mother Now, the Battle 
Hymn of the Republic, and 50 other songs that I have not 
the time to recall. That was the peculiarity of our war. 
And the very first song that was ever sung in the camp of 
an armj' on either continent, written by a soldier, was 
sung by the famous Hutchinson family of New Hampshire 
in the camps of the Army of the Potomac; a song wi'itten 
by Col. Fletcher Webster, of the Twelfth Massachusetts 
Regiment, in Boston Harbor in 1861. He was the son of 
Daniel Webster, of ante helium fame. He wrote the 
song, John Brown's Bodj^ Lies Mouldering in the Grave; 
a soldier by the name of John Brown, not the John Brown 
who went up at the halter's end at Harpers Ferry in De- 
cember, 1859, but another John Brown, who belonged to 
the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment. 

Another remarkable thing of that war was that the 
poetic literature of the war was not written by the great 
ante helium poets of that period. With the exception of 
Whittier not one of them wrote a patriotic song. That is 
remarkable. Take that pathetic song sung in all camps in 
the North and South alike because it is so universal in 
sentiment that it seems like the mother cry of all war- 
cursed nations. Tenting To-night on the Old Camp Ground. 



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The most pathetic poem of the war on the southern 
side was written by Chaplain Ryan, of Mobile, in a single 
hour after the surrender of Lee. I think I have a couplet 
here. I can remember most of it. This poem was first 
published anonymously, I think in the New Orleans Delta, 
but in a collection of southern poems published after the 
war it is credited to Annie Pyle Dennis, of Louisiana. I 
did not know the author of the poem until I purchased a 
copy of Father Ryan's poems in 1888 and found this 
among them. It seems as if Father Ryan's whole soul had 
gone out in the poem. Speaking of the Stars and Bars, 
the battle flag of the Confederacy — 

Furl that banner, for it's weary; 
Round its staff 'tis drooping, dreary; 
Furl it, fold it — it is best, 
For there's not a man to wave it 
And there's not a sword to save it, 
And there's no one left to lave it 
In the blood which heroes gave it! 
Furl it, hide it — let it rest! 

One of the most pathetic poems of the war was written 
by a soldier. Col. Charles G. Halpine, who commanded 
the Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, writing 
under the nom de plume of Miles O'Reilly. He wrote the 
poem read on the battle field at Gettysburg at the time the 
President of the United States, Mr. Lincoln, delivered the 
oration, but that was not his best poem. His best poem 
is. We Have Drunk From the Same Canteen. It has more 
of the soldierly feeling, fellowship, and sympathy than 
any poem written during the war. 

It was sometimes water and sometimes milk. 
And sometimes applejack fine as silk, 

But whatever the tipple had been. 
We shared it together, in bane and bliss. 
And I warm to you, friend, as I think of this, 

We have drunk from the same canteen. 

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Address of Mr. Sherwood, of Ohio 



Mr. Speaker, I knew Comrade Goulden perhaps as well 
as any Member outside the New York delegation. I sat 
beside him when we had desks in this House for three 
Congresses. He was the soul of kindness and affability, 
with remarkable simplicity of character. His sketch in 
the Congressional Directory was brief and unpretentious. 
He did not even mention the fact that he was a soldier in 
the Civil War. It can be said of him that he had no enemy 
on either side of the House, always fair in debate, always 
considerate of the opinions of his colleagues; always at- 
tentive to his duties, he has left an enduring record of 
duty well performed. His life, his character, his career 
will always be a grateful memory to his family, his kin- 
dred, and his congressional colleagues. I was always glad 
to be his comrade and friend. In his companionship I 
felt as some gentle-minded lyrist has written : " I would 
rather have a plain coffin without a flower, a funeral 
without an eulogy, than a life without sweetness of love 
and sympathy." Post-mortem kindness does not cheer 
the troubled spirit. My departed friend and comrade 
shed the flavor of kindness and cheerfulness on all his 
friends. He always seemed to remember what all of us 
should remember, that we travel the road of life but once, 
and was trying to make the world better for having lived. 



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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 

Mr. Speaker: My predecessor in this House, the Hon. 
Rufus E. Lester, was one of the best men I ever knew. 
He was a gi-eat man in every sense of the word. He 
was one of the bravest Confederate soldiers who ever 
drew a sword. A fast friendship sprung up between Mr. 
Lester and the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. On the occasion 
of memorial addresses on February 10, 1907, on the life 
and character of the late Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Mr. Goul- 
den opened his memorial address with these remarks: 

He was loved and respected by the thousands who knew him. 
Ever genial, kindly hearted, he had a good cheerful word for 
everyone. To know him was to love him. I could not let this 
occasion pass without a few brief words of tribute to the memory 
of our departed friend. 

And he adds further: 

He loved his fellow men and in return was loved by them. 

To-day, Mr. Speaker, I can not let this occasion pass 
without paying a tribute, in a few words, to the life, char- 
acter, and usefulness of this departed friend. I come with 
a sad heart to speak briefly of the late Hon. Joseph A. 
Goulden. On account of the friendship that had existed 
prior to my coming here between Mr. Goulden and my 
predecessor, Mr. Goulden was one of the first men I met 
when I began my services here in the Sixtieth Congress. 

I saw in his face when I met him an evidence of the 
fact that he was a man with a golden heart. I felt in his 
warm hand grasp a welcome here, and I felt almost from 
the beginning that in him I had a friend. I learned to 
appreciate Mr. Goulden for his faithfulness here in his 



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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 

services to his countiy, and I also appreciated him as a 
I'riend. 

He was a Member of the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-nintli, Six- 
tieth, and Sixty-first Congresses. He wished to retire to 
private life and did retire. He was succeeded in this 
Chamber in the Sixty-second Congress, but, appreciating 
his sterling worth, the people again asked that he return 
here and serve them, and, accordingly, in the Sixty-third 
Congress he was again a Member of this body. This is a 
high evidence within itself of his standing in his com- 
munity. It is a testimonial of the esteem in which his 
people held liim. His record here among us is an open 
book. We all testify to his useful and able services in 
Congress and to the country. 

In his memorial address on the occasion to which I have 
referred he used these words in referring to the late Col. 
Lester: 

He was a typical gentleman of the old school, a splendid type 
01 American citizenship. His voice is forever still, his kind, 
loving words will be heard no more, but his life's work will live 
in the history of his country and in the hearts of his friends. 

How like Mr. Goflden himself, and how applicable to- 
day are these words to the man who spoke them! In 
concluding his remarks on that occasion in his eulogy to 
his friend he said : 

As a Union veteran, proud of the heroism and bravery of the 
men engaged in the conflicts of the Civil War, a common heritage 
commemorating the deeds of our American citizen soldiery, I 
place this tribute to the memory of my late comrade, Rufus E. 
I-ester, of Georgia. 

These are the words of a Union soldier in his tribute 
to a departed Confederate officer. Free from bitterness 
and full of love, which was so characteristic of both these 
good men. 



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Mr. Goulden was a man with a generous heart. In all 
my service here with him I never heard him speak ill of 
anj'one. In the long list of Mcmhers who sat with him in 
this House no one can state that he ever knew of the late 
Mr. Goulden saying or doing anything to intentionally 
wound the feelings of his fellows. Those are the things 
that make for greatness in men — a large, sympathetic 
heart, with a brotherly feeling, filled with human kind- 
ness. He had a steadfast belief in the great Maker of all 
the universe, and on the memorial occasion referred to he 
used this poem, which I to-day quote as fitting upon this 
sad occasion : 

There is no death; what seems so is transition; 

This life of mortal breath 
Is but a suburb of the life elyslan 

Whose portal we call Death. 

We all miss Mr. Goulden ; we miss his smiling face, we 
miss his kind words, we miss the sunshine of his pres- 
ence; and we shall continue to miss him. The House has 
lost one of its most useful Members; his State and Nation 
have sustained an irreparable loss. 

Mr. Bennet assumed the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 



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Address of Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York 

Mr. Speaker : It is an ancient usage of the House to pay 
formal tribute to the life, character, and public services 
of its deceased Members. The custom appeals strongly 
to Members. Public business is temporarily suspended 
so that those intimately associated and acquainted with 
the recently departed may make a permanent record of 
the virtues possessed, and the services rendered, by men 
in the public service, who too frequently are quickly 
forgotten in the press of everyday affairs. 

We meet to-day to commemorate the memoi-j' and to 
review the services of one of the most lovable of men who 
ever served in this House. Born 71 years ago in Adams 
County, Pa., of sturdy Dutch ancestry. Col. Goulden pos- 
sessed the virility of his hardy ancestors and their many 
virtues which so endeared him to his associates. During 
the Civil War he served the Union cause for two years, 
and from his experiences during that time was strongly 
inclined to all movements for the amelioration of the 
sufferings of the unfortunate in different spheres of life. 
He took a keen interest in reformatory work. His kindly 
and genial character was of that buoyant and optimistic 
nature that induced him to aid to correct the modes of life 
of those who unhappily had transgressed the law. Such 
work was highly congenial since it tended to assuage the 
griefs of those intimately related to the transgiessor, while 
affording him the opportunity to begin life anew with 
hope of a brighter and happier future and the aid and 
encouragement of kind and generous hearts. Such char- 
acteristics fitted Col. Goulden admirably for service on 
the board of managers of the State Reformatory at Mor- 

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ganza. Pa., where he rendered services of considerable 
value, although not of a showy kind. 

About 25 years ago Col. Goulden settled permanently in 
New York Citj'. His high character, his valuable equip- 
ment, and his sympathetic nature rapidlj' won him hosts 
of friends, and his abilities were speedily utilized for the 
benefit of the community. For 10 years he served as a 
member of the board of education, devoting his energies 
and his time unselfishly and unstintingly to the important 
duties of that position. 

Perhaps the services rendered while upon that board 
and those as trustee of the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y., 
which position he occupied for many years, were those 
which he himself prized most highly. 

Such activities and his philanthropic nature influenced 
to a marked degi-ee the matters in which he was most 
interested during his service in the House of Representa- 
tives. At the ven,' beginning of his service he commenced 
to study the school system of the District of Columbia. 
It was then that the vast information acquired during his 
connection with the school system in New York City be- 
came of peculiar value. His interest never lagged, and he 
devoted himself assiduously to the important and difficult 
task of perfecting the school system in the District. It 
was his ambition to have it the model system of the United 
States, so that other communities might fashion their sys- 
tems to correspond with it. His interest was not confined 
to the system itself. He sturdily advocated the cause of 
the personnel and probably had a wider acquaintance 
among those engaged in teaching in the Capital than 
any other Member of the House, and he was universally 
regarded as their warm friend and champion. 

Not alone to the school system did he confine his 
activities, but he watched sharply all legislation affecting 
eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions and their in- 

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Address of Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York 

mates, and was ever ready to contribute from his broad 
experience and wide knowledge information and sugges- 
tions of a practical and helpful nature. 

It was to be expected that service in the Civil War and 
as a trustee of the Soldiers' Home would Incline him 
toward legislation to aid his former comrades. His large 
heart beat rapidly in sympathy with the survivors of that 
conflict with whom time had dealt harshlj', so that he was 
known as " the soldiers' friend," and labored unceasingly 
to better their condition and to lighten the burdens of 
their declining years. 

Col. GouLDEN was a man of strong religious beliefs. He 
made no ostentatious display of virtue, but in his simple, 
unaffected manner of life he exemplified in a striking 
manner how a good man should live. 

Serving with him for more than 10 years, enjoying an 
intimate acquaintanceship, I had learned to know him 
thoroughly and to respect, to admire, and to love him 
dearly as a friend. His sudden death was a shock to 
those who knew him. Few men suspected his age. He 
was so active, so alert mentally, so well preserved, so 
thoroughly up to date that he readily passed as a much 
younger man. 

His services in the House were not spectacular. He was 
not so constituted as to seek continually public applause 
or notoriety. His work was along quiet lines and not well 
known outside of the circles especially interested; but 
those who knew him and had knowledge of his activities 
respected his industry, his zeal, his studiousness, and his 
persistencj'. He rendered services of considerable value 
to the inetropolis which he, in part, represented, and 
which are little known to the majority of the people whom 
he so faithfully served for years. His work was accu- 
rately appraised, however, and thoroughly appreciated by 
those with whom he was officially associated. He was ad- 



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mired for those manly and virile virtues which he so 
markedly possessed; he was respected as a good man 
alone can be esteemed. His departure was keenly felt and 
deeply regretted by everyone. 

Mr. Speaker, it is a matter of regret that the pressure of 
a busy session precludes me from preparing so compre- 
hensive a review of his career and so adequate a tribute 
to his character as the services of Col. Goulden deserve 
and as my friendship for him prompts. Others will do so, 
however, and perpetuate his many admirable character- 
istics. I can simply join with my colleagues in placing 
here at this time a fragrant blossom to his memorj'. 

The world is better because of such a life; our work will 
be the better performed by the inspiration of the memory 
of his virtues and his example. 



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Address of Mr. Brumbaugh, of Ohio 

Mr. Speaker: We have assembled in this legislative hall 
of the Nation to pay respect to the memorj' of our late 
colleague Joseph A. Goulden. To me the duty which the 
hour imposes is a labor of love and 1 gladly welcome the 
opportunity to pay my tribute to his noble attributes of 
mind and heart. 

I had the pleasure of serving with our late colleague on 
one of the important committees of the House. Meeting 
him frequently, I had the opportunity to observe and 
grew to admire the sterling qualities of his character. I 
shall leave to others the pleasure of reciting his long, 
successful business career and his long, honorable career 
as a Member of the House. I shall content myself with 
calling attention to what seemed to me to be the dominant 
element of his life — the genial, social kindness of his 
nature. 

It is a noble tribute to a man when it can be said that 
his life is marked by uniform kindness, and that the more 
you know of him the better you grow to like him, and this 
all can be said of our worthy friend, whose memory we 
cherish and whose life of service and bi'otherly kindness 
we admire. 

I have sometimes thought that the element of kindness 
was the noblest element of our nature; that the best and 
sweetest thing in all this world is simple, common, every- 
day kindness. Kindness is the most beautiful flower that 
grows and blooms in the soil of the soul. It is the one 
celestial flower that blossomed over the walls of Paradise 
and fell from the garden of the skies; its petals caught 
and carried the fragrance of heaven and it fills the earth 
with the incense of gladness. It sweeps the existence of 
time and reaches through boundless space even from the 



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pit of hell to the gates of heaven and sits enthi'oned the 
best influence that sweetens life or molds a soul — kind- 
ness. 

And so I can pay my friend no finer tribute than to say 
that in his daily life he exemplified the spirit of kindness 
in his contact with his fellow men. He believed with 
Washington Irving that — 

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, suffusing everything 
around it with pleasure and freshens everything into smiles. 

and with Tennyson when he says: 

How'er it be, it seems to me 

'Tis only noble to be good. 

Kind hearts are more than coronets, 

And simple faith than Norman blood. 

I know he thought with Hans Christian Andersen that — 

The best love man can offer 
To a God of love, be sure, 
Is mercy to God's little ones 
And kindness to God's poor. 

And so his life can teach us all that which we all should 
know: That kindness is beautiful — beautiful like the 
memorj^ of your dear old mother's face; that kindness is 
the open door to happiness; that kindness is the golden 
key that unlocks and gives you the passport to all hearts, 
to friendship with the world's noblest and best; to happi- 
ness on earth, success in life, and entrance through the 
gates of heaven. I am told by those who have known our 
friend long and well that his kindness found outlet in 
noble deeds. With Holland he believed — 

That a noble deed is a step toward God, 
Lifting the soul from the common sod 
To a purer air and a broader view. 

Life is a mysterious reality. 

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Address of Mr. Brumbaugh, of Ohio 

It has been defined as a span of time between a ciy and 
a sigh. 

We begin it with a ciy — we end it with a sigh. 

Between these boundaries, brief as they are, is worked 
out the destiny of human life. 

Into this short space of time are crowded the joys and 
sorrows, the hopes and struggles, the successes and fail- 
ures of human life. 

During this brief span are generated and nourished the 
forces and influences that govern life on earth and mold 
its destiny throughout the cycles of eternitj'. 

And when sometimes in solemn mood our conscious 
self knocks at the portal of our very soul and asks, " What 
is life?" the serious thinking mind recoils as it were 
upon itself and asks, " Is birth the beginning of death, or 
is death the beginning of life? " 

What is life? 

It's a delicate shell 

Tlirown up by eternity's flow 

On time's bank of quicksand to dwell 

And a moment its loveliness show; 

Then gone back to the element grand 

Like the billow that cast it ashore. 

See! another is washing the strand 

And the beautiful shell is no more. 

Life is a drop from the river 

That rises in mist o'er the lea 

A moment in space to quiver 

Then falls on the breast of the sea. 

It was — it is — now gone forever 

Yet lives through eternity. 

And so, thus living a life of service and kindness, his 
buoyant, courteous manner never deserted him; but when 
the end came — 

Like a shadow thrown softly and sweetly 
From a passing cloud, death fell upon him — 



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And when for him the golden bowl was broken and the 
silver cord loosed he, too, could approach his grave- 
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 

And when his path of life led to the door of the night 
of death it opened for him into the daybreak of a glorious 
immortality. And we who knew and loved him trust with 
that hope born of Christian faith that he found that — 

Death is but an angel, who to man at last his freedom brings 

And the grave is but a nest in which the soul shall find its wings. 



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Address of Mr. Bruckner, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: The House of Representatives has lost a 
valuable, painstaking Member in the untimely death of 
my colleague Joseph A. Goulden. The pages of the 
Record will show that he was interested in the legislative 
program of the Nation, as well as that pertaining to his 
own congressional district, during his many years of serv- 
ice as a Member of Congress. 

Life's race well run, 
Life's work well done. 
Now comes rest. 

How could the life and work of our departed colleague 
be better expressed than in these few simple words? Col. 
Goulden was one of God's noblemen; the 71 years that he 
lived made the world better, because of the manner in 
which he lived. 

He believed in the doctrine expressed by the poet who 
said: 

How much joy and comfort we all can bestow 
If we scatter sunshine wherever we go. 

Those of us who knew him intimately only knew too 
well how he spread the sunshine wherever he would go. 
His presence always seemed a message of cheer and good 
will. He had a window in his heart always open for the 
expression of his candor and sincerity. 

His integrity was superb, but his predominant quality 
was courage — courage to fight wrong and injustice — yea, 
courage to stand loyally by a friend. 

Col. Goulden was a brave man; he was brave morally, 
and that is the highest type of bravery; that courage that 
reinforces conduct; that courage that supports character; 

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that courage that makes the real man; that moral courage 
of belief and conviction. 

Col. Goulden was a lovable man when you approached 
him, got near to him, when there was a fellowship be- 
tween you. I never knew a man who was more lovable 
in his character or more tender in his sympathies. He 
was a man of great compassion, because he had in him 
a great heart. His sympathies were as broad as humanity, 
because his great heart was not prejudiced in ignorance, 
superstition, or in narrowness of conception. Wherever 
there was a human being Col. Goulden was prepared to 
say: " He is a part of the brotherhood of man under the 
fatherhood of God." 

I have good reason to speak in praise of this noble man. 
He and I were not only colleagues in Congress but we 
were intimate friends. When I came to Washington a 
green, raw Member, it was to him I looked for informa- 
tion and advice; and I found him always ever ready to 
help and assist me. I shall miss him in the future. 

I learned to respect, admire, and to love this grand old 
man, who died as he lived — in the harness. His loss is a 
sad blow to the Borough of The Bronx, where he lived for 
the past 25 years, and for which he labored here unceas- 
ingly and accomplished much good. His loss will not 
onlj' be felt in The Bronx but the country loses the services 
of one of its ablest legislators. Not only did he serve his 
countiy in the House of Representatives but answered his 
country's call in the dark days of the Civil War and 
served with distinction and honor. His death reduces the 
men who served in that war now Members of this House 
to a mere remnant of a guard. 

The boys of '61 called him Comrade — that gem of 
human language which sometimes means but a little 
less than love and a little more than friendship — that 
gentle salutation of the human heart which lives in all 



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Address of Mr. Bruckner, of New York 



the languages of man, that winds and turns and runs 
through all the joys and sorrows of the human race, 
through deed and thought and dream, yea through song 
and toil and battle field. 

I was aboard the funeral train as it bore his remains 
from New York City to its last resting place in the quaint 
village of Taneytown, Md., to sleep beside his father and 
his grandfather. 1 never witnessed such a demonstration 
of genuine affection for any man in public life as 1 saw 
evidenced Ijy the people of that little Maryland town. 
Hundreds flocked to the railroad station to catch a glimpse 
of the casket containing the body of their dear old friend 
as it was taken from the train and joined in the escort to 
the church. After the services, while his body was lying 
in state in that little church he so often attended, a vast 
multitude passed the bier in solemn procession looking for 
the last time on his peaceful face. There were teai's and 
sobs and flowers upon his casket that sad daj\ 

Mr. Speaker, as the years pass by, one by one we drop 
out, one by one we lay aside our task and cease our labor 
and toil. Time and again we are called upon to repeat 
the sad service we are performing to-day — to pay a just 
tribute of respect and homage to the memory and faithful 
service of a man who has gone before us. Col. Goilden 
was a man of splendid character, but at last he has laid 
off his armor, he has ceased to march, lie failed to respond 
to the bugle call to duty in this life. Life's fitful fever is 
over, he sleeps well, he has passed from among us, and 
I ask myself the question: Where shall wc find him, 
where is he? I may not be able to mark it on a chart, but 
I do know that wherever the Great Creator shall gather 
the great, the good, the pure, the noble, and the brave 
there we shall see and there we shall find Col. Goulden. 

He was an affectionate father and good husband, a true 
friend, and an over-genei'ous political cnemj*. In politics 

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a Democrat. In patriotism a thorough American. His 
great virtue charity. His constant desire was to serve God 
and his fellow man. Some men are made to be admired, 
some to be loved, a few to be loved and admired. To this 
small and goodlv companj' Col. Goulden belonged. 

Green be the turf above thee, 

Friend of former days; 
None knew thee but to love thee, 

None named thee but to praise. 



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Address of Mr. Boomer, of Missouri 

Mr. Speaker: It is a privilege to pay tribute to tlie life, 
character, and memory of our late colleague Hon. Joseph 

A. GOULDEN. 

My acquaintance with him began early in the Sixtieth 
Congress. In the Office Building we occupied adjoining 
rooms with a connecting door, and this door was never 
locked. 

The acquaintance thus begun ripened into friendship 
that grew stronger as the years passed. 

He was a modest, retiring, kindly man; neither self- 
asserting nor self-seeking. His was the manner of the 
well-to-do, well-read, and neighborly farmer. On one 
occasion, after a visit to his farms, he said to me that he 
derived more pleasure and enjoj'ment from a three days' 
visit to his farms than he did from his months of service 
in this House. 

No man of nobler character or more blameless public 
or pi'ivate life ever served a constituency in this Chamber. 
If a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, 
then he surely left to his family an inheritance most desir- 
able, and one which will endure as long as time shall last. 

No one who knew Mr. Goulden as I did could fail to 
love, admire, and respect him, and I shall cherish through 
all my future life the memory of his friendship as one of 
the blessings which a kind Providence has granted me. 

As a good and faithful public servant the reward he 
most desired was the approval of his own conscience and 
the approbation of the people he loved and served. 

The legacy of his life and its ennobling example is the 
common heritage of the living. His lifelong course of 

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undeviating rectitude secures to his afflicted family an 
imperishable title to honorable distinction. Well may 
the widow and children who mourn him find consolation 
in the words — 

God gave. He took. He will restore. 
He doeth all things well. 



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Address of Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: Our lamented colleague. Col. Goulden, of 
New York, was associated with the Penn Mutual Life In- 
surance Co., of Philadelphia, and frequently came to our 
city to confer with the officials of that well-known institu- 
tion. He was therefore popular with us in a business way, 
and his visits were always the occasion of a rallying of 
his friends both in business and in Grand Army circles. 
It was in Philadelphia, while waiting for the New York 
train, he died. The news of his death was flashed over the 
wires of the country, because the colonel had attained a 
celebrit}' amongst Grand Army men, and especially among 
the advocates of improved waterways along the Atlantic 
seaboard. The cable carried the sad news to the Ha- 
waiian Islands, where a large party of Senators and Rep- 
resentatives had gone on a tour of inspection. It was 
from far-off Honolulu that a message of sympathy on 
behalf of former Speaker Cannon and other congressional 
associates, and that a cablegram of condolence was for- 
warded across the Pacific and over the continent to the 
bereaved family in the city of New York. 

My acquaintance with Col. Goulden originated through 
the movement leading up to the organization of the 
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. That was back 
in 1907. The acquaintanceship quickly ripened into a 
friendship that was only broken by his departure from 
this earth. The colonel had been interested in the im- 
provement of the harbor of New York. He had given par- 
ticular attention to the obstructions in the East River, 
which he had sought to remove, and in the improvement 
of the Harlem Ship Canal, which connected the East River 

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with the Hudson. This canal, upon which the traffic in- 
creased tremendously during Col. Goulden's service in 
Congress, bordered The Bronx district, which he repre- 
sented, and which, he was proud to contend, had the 
largest population of any congressional district in the 
United States. 

When the Atlantic Deeper Waterway's Association was 
projected, the colonel was quick to see the advantages 
that would be derived in the cooperation of the represent- 
atives of States bent upon a common purpose to open up 
systematically and economically a continuous line of 
waterways along the coast. At the first convention in 
Philadelphia in 1907 he took a leading part. In the sub- 
sequent conventions at Baltimore, Norfolk, Providence, 
Richmond, New London, and Jacksonville he participated, 
usually as a presiding officer at one of the business ses- 
sions. His popularity with the delegates from Maine to 
Florida was unquestioned. He had friends in every State 
along the line. In the organization of the New York- 
Albany-and-Troy convention of 1914 the colonel was 
chairman of the principal arrangements committee. It 
was New York's opportunity to show its interest and hos- 
pitality, and there was no one prouder of his part in 
bringing it about than our colleague, who, in welcoming 
the visitors to New York City, was heralded as a leader in 
the development of that great port. It was on this occa- 
sion, too, that he indicated to those who were to take up 
the work after him that what he had hoped to do within 
the limit of his powers had been done, and that it was 
for otliers now to take over the burden. A prophetic 
situation in view of what has since occurred! 

Mr. Speaker, it was not only as a champion of improved 
waterways that I knew and admired our departed friend. 
He was my senior in service in the House of Representa- 
tives. The first bill introduced by me which had a chance 

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Address of Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania 

of passing was a bill to provide a memorial in the city 
of Washington emblematic of the private soldier. It was 
supported by the veterans of my city and State and by that 
noble and fast-disappearing organization, the Grand 
Army of the Republic, of which Col. Goulden was a mem- 
ber. My bill reached the calendar with a favorable report, 
and the colonel, like other veterans of the Civil War, was 
interested in it. On the same calendar he had a bill pro- 
viding for a monument to memorialize the discovery of 
America by Christopher Columbus. Both bills were in a 
tight place on the closing days of the Fifty-ninth Congress, 
and there was a great doubt about their passing. I was 
new in parliamentary matters and was therefore alarmed 
lest the bill for the soldiers' monument might die with the 
other measures not reached before the close of the session. 
The colonel was more experienced and I appealed to him. 
We worked together, and through the assistance of strong 
friends, who came to the rescue, were subsequently able 
to report to our constituents the passage of our respective 
bills. The soldiers' monument now stands at the corner 
of Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, an enduring 
tribute to the valor of " the man behind the gun " ; the 
Columbus Monument, an evidence of the friendship and 
persistency of Col. Goulden, occupies a conspicuous place 
in front of the Union Terminal, where none who come to 
the Capital City and have eyes to see may fail to ob- 
serve it. 

There were other measures in which the colonel and I 
cooperated and in which he gave me encouragement, but 
my experience with him, which I am now pleased to ac- 
knowledge, was the experience of only one ainongst the 
many. He was a kindly, genial friend to us all. 

He will be remembered especially by newer and younger 
Members unaccustomed to interruptions in the course of 
debate for his helpful questions and his desire to relieve 



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embarrassment. Whether for or against a proposition, 
he took his stand with a smile and was always careful to 
avoid hmiiiliating his antagonist. As I now remember 
liim, seated somewhere in the front of the House, keeping 
up that splendid record for attendance and attention to 
duty for which he was conspicuous, I can not recall a 
single sharp word ever uttered by him during my observa- 
tion of nearly 10 years. Nor can I think of any worthier 
tribute to lay upon his grave than to say that which all of 
us know to be true — he was generous as he was brave; he 
was charitable as he was firm. In private life he was 
upright and pure. In public life he was faithful to his 
every trust. 



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Address of Mr. Siegel, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: In the huri-y and bustle of work on the 
Committee on Immigration and Naturalization I have not 
had time to prepare as elaborately as I would have de- 
sired such remarks as would adequately express my 
appreciation of the high value of the service that Col. 
GouLDEN rendered to the Nation. 

When I speak of Col. Goulden I do not speak of one 
who was known to me merely by name. It seems to me 
but yesterday that in 1893, when I was a pupil in one of 
the public schools in New York City, Col. Goulden, then 
one of the school commissioners of the city of New 
York, walked in one morning to pay us a visit and address 
our class of boys. 

He told us of his service in the Civil War and how he 
had been one of the listeners to our imisnted President 
Lincoln's words at the dedication of the Gettysburg battle 
field as a cemetery for those who had indeed given their 
lives for the country's salvation and that the Union might 
live. He told us how he had been impressed with the 
words that had been delivered by Lincoln, and that he 
too failed at the time to realize that years hence the 
address then being delivered before him and being heard 
by him would become as famous as the President who 
delivered it. 

It is not an astonishing fact that as a direct result of Col. 
Goulden's talk the boys of that class commenced to and 
did make a study of the life of Lincoln and the Civil War 
to an extent that is surprising, looking back, as I do now, 
over 20 years of time. 

Col. Goulden gallantly served the Republic in its hour 
of need, rendered to the city of New York services as a 

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member of the board of education, and in other capacities 
in a manner that must always be a lasting monument to 
his fame, and in this House made a record for attendance, 
for devotion to duty, for genuine service to our Republic, 
and for instilling true patriotism in the hearts of the 
growing generation that has not been equaled by manj' 
men in the United States. 

Speaking as one who watched his career for over 20 
years, I can truly say that he was always admired and 
respected in the little town where he first saw the light 
of day, revered and honored in the city of New York, 
where he spent a good part of his life, and I express the 
firm belief that his name will go down into the histoiy of 
New York City, in this House, and in the State of Marj'- 
land, where we tenderly laid him to rest last May, as one 
who was a loyal patriot and devoted citizen, who loved 
, his family dearly, who was not onlj' an honor to his 
country, but a credit to it. 



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Address of Mr. Heflin, of Alabama 

Mr. Speaker: I mourn with the family and friends of 
oiu- deceased brother his untimely death, and I feel the 
grief that comes wlien a good friend dies. I knew Con- 
gressman GouLDEN well and favorably. I admired him 
greatly and he was my friend. As a Member of Congress 
he was the friend of every good cause. He was an indus- 
trious, able, and faithful Representative. New York Har- 
bor never had a better friend in this House. He was a 
brave and gallant Federal soldier. He was a true disciple 
of Lincoln and was greatly devoted to our martyred 
President. 

He was a polished gentleman — polite and courteous 
always. 

He possessed a cheerful disposition, and sunshine and 
good cheer belonged to him as flowers and bird song be- 
long to spring. He had a beautiful conception of life. 
He was a man of lofty principles and high ideals. He has 
served well his day and generation. Peace to his ashes. 
God rest his soul. 



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Address of Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 

Mr. Speaker: One can hardly realize that Joseph A. 
GouLDEN has been called hence. He was here on the 4th 
day of March last, and separated from his fellows in ap- 
parent good health. 

Mr. GouLDEN was of a genial disposition and always 
bore a smile on his face when greeting his friends. He 
was one of the few who carried sunshine wherever he 
went. His pleasant manner endeared him to his asso- 
ciates. He was one of those who apparently had a good 
conscience himself and expected nothing hut kindness 
from others. Such men are few in number. The average 
busy man, such as he was, is studious and sometimes for- 
getful of others. But Mr. Goulden never seemed to be so 
engrossed in his work as to be neglectful of the ordinary 
civilities of life. The value of such conduct can not be 
correctly measured. The kind word, the smile of greet- 
ing, the hearty handshake, the manifestation of personal 
concern, have driven the clouds of gloom from many an 
individual. 

This life is full of trials, misfortunes overtake, sorrows 
are met, and men who are factors in smoothing the path- 
way of those who are thus afQicted, as Mr. Goulden did, 
are real benefactors. 

Many men bear malice, seek revenge, and are spiteful 
to those who antagonize them, but Mr. Goulden was not 
so. He possessed that splendid coolness, that genuine 
poise, that superior manner that would tend to win men 
and overcome their want of generosity. 

If I am not mistaken, Mr. Goulden was a superior man 
in personal character, in the recognition of the rights of 
others, and the exhibition of those lofty virtues which are 

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Address of Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 



possessed only by those of genuine integrity. Those finer 
sentiments in relation to country which would cause him 
to give life itself, if necessary, were constantly exhibited 
in the life of Mr. Goulden. He was a truly patriotic man. 
Himself an old soldier, he had the deepest sympathy for 
those who gave service on the field of battle. He was 
honored by position in recognition of this devotion to the 
" boys in blue "; but not alone was he interested in those 
who fought for the Union, but he had an abiding affection 
for those who wore the " gray " in the civil strife as well. 
In one of the last conversations I had with him, in speak- 
ing most sympathetically of the southern Confederate, he 
said: 

If I had my way, we would pension every one of them; they 
were just as honest and true as we were. We were all parties to 
the settlement of great questions which will never again he raised 
to disturb or annoy, and the Confederate is now as loyal to the 
flag as I am. 

In his public service he manifested the same fidelity 
and genuine regard for the rights of others. His ambition 
was to do the right and to act justly toward all men. He 
was not an orator, but was frank and plain in speech. He 
was not a great statesman, but had the sense of justice 
and fairness which is convincing in its simplicity. He 
was in no sense conspicuous, for he was a modest and re- 
tiring man, but his merit was the more appreciated the 
longer one knew him. He was one of those genial, faith- 
ful, true gentlemen whose worth is never fully known, nor 
his real value properly estimated, but whose service is 
crowned with good intentions and faithful effort and 
whose merit is the more recognized as the real man is 
studied in the light of his achievements. 

Life is a mystei-y at best. Whence we came and whither 
we may go is as much a puzzle as the Bible story of man's 

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dutj' and destiny. Why should some die and others live 
is a marvel which men can not explain. Why Mr. 
Goulden, in the enjoyment of health and with a natural 
expectancy in life for a numher of years, should so soon 
pass to the beyond, I can not explain. This we know — • 
his race is run, his duties are over, and he lies cold in the 
embrace of death. Unless the seed dies, it can not live 
again in the vegetable world; unless this mortal body 
shall put off human environment, it can not enjoy im- 
mortality — is a story which nearly all accept. 

Mr. Goulden has tested that vital truth. His life work 
is a splendid heritage to those he leaves behind, his ex- 
ample is helpful to those who consider it, and his memory 
is a sweet remembrance to those who knew him best. 
Time dealt gently with him after all; he lived beyond the 
three score years and ten, which is man's allotted time. I 
sometimes feel that one is fortunate to be called hence 
while yet active, before the sun of usefulness is fully set 
and the burden of dependence on others is reached. 

The country has lost a faithful public servant. This 
House has lost an honored Member, and his colleagues a 
personal friend. So far as we can tell it u\ay be said: He 
fought a good fight in life. He kept the faith in loyaltj' to 
the country and to his fellows, and he no doubt enjoys that 
reward which comes from devotion to duty and the sacri- 
fices made in a well-spent life. 



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Address of Mr. Platt, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: It is an inestimable privilege, it seems to 
me, to have been associated hei-e with men who took 
part on either side of the great struggle from 1861 to 1865, 
and it is an irreparable loss to the membership of the 
House when one of the few remaining men who knew and 
went through that great experience has passed away. 

I came into this House with the Sixty-third Congress; 
and the upheaval that preceded the election of that Con- 
gress took out of the House most of the Civil War veter- 
ans who were Members of the Sixty-second Congress. I 
believe Gen. Sherwood and Mr. Goulden and Mr. Kirkpat- 
rick were the only Union veterans left in the House of 
Representatives, all three of them on the Democratic side. 
Certainly more kindly and friendly spirits never lived. 
There was nothing in the life of Mr. Goulden, who has 
passed away from us, or in the life of Gen. Sherwood, who 
we hope will remain with us for many years, that suggests 
that military training or participation in a gi'eat war leads 
to what is called militarism. Mr. Kirkpatrick was not a 
candidate for reelection, but this Congress has brought 
back Mr. Hollingsworth, of Ohio, to keep Gen. Sherwood 
company. 

Mr. Speaker, there is little that I can say about Mr. 
Goulden that has not been said by Members with a friend- 
ship of a longer standing. I may perhaps say that I, in 
a sense, inherited my friendship for Mr. Goulden. One of 
my predecessors in this House was Col. Thomas W. Brad- 
ley, a veteran of the Civil War. He was a warm friend of 
Col. Goulden, and when I first came into this House one 
of the first men that I got acquainted with on the Demo- 
cratic side was Col. Goulden, who knew the district that 



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I came from and took pains to look me up, and gave me 
advice which was always good advice. I have profited 
greatlj' by his friendship, and I have greatly missed him. 

One thing in Col. Goulden's recent sen'ice in this House 
stands out in my memory as worthy of special mention 
at this time, and that is his eloquent tribute to Abraham 
Lincoln, delivered on February 12, 1914. 



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Address of Mr. Bailey, of Pennsylvania 

Mr. Speaker: I loel that I am speaking the sentiment of 
my adopted State, of my colleagues of the Pennsylvania 
delegation, when I pay a respectful and affectionate 
tribute to the memory of one of the gifted men of the 
Kej'stone State. Mr. Goulden was a Pennsylvanian. 
While he was transplanted, or transplanted himself, to 
another Commonwealth many years before his death, he 
remained during all the years of absence from Pennsyl- 
vania still at heart and soul a son of that great State. 
Our acquaintance began with my entrance into Congress 
three years ago. He was one of the very first of the older 
Members to seek me out, to give me a welcome, to extend 
a cordial sympathy, and to be of real help in guiding my 
unaccustomed feet in this great assembly. Afterwards it 
became my privilege to be associated with him in one of 
the great committees in this House — a committee which 
is dealing with a very large and a very vital problem, 
affecting the very life of our free institutions — and I am 
very glad to say to-day, in memory of that man, that he 
was always true to the high ideals of this Republic, to the 
ideals which are embodied in the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, which says that all men are created equal and 
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain in- 
alienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness. I am very glad to bear testimony 
to the fact that our departed friend was not one who 
believed that it was well for this Republic to follow in 
the footsteps of empire. He believed that sooner or later, 
the sooner the better, we should be rid of dependencies, 
and he was working faithfully, with courage — I believe 
with vision — toward an end which I hope may soon be 
achieved. 



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Address of Mr. Linthicum, of Maryland 

Mr. Speaker : We are gathered here to-day to pay trib- 
ute to the memory of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, better 
known to us as Col. Goulden; a colleague who was one 
of the most beloved men of Congress and one of the best 
known. 

• Joseph A. Goulden, representing the twenty-third con- 
gressional district of New York, was suddenly called to his 
last home on the 3d day of May, 1915, in the city of Phila- 
delphia, in his seventy-first year of age, after a useful 
religious, public, and private life. Those who had seen 
him only a few days before, and others who saw him on 
the very day of his passing, away, pronounced him in 
splendid physical and mental condition. His mind and 
activities were as fresh and vigorous as they had ever been 
in his lifetime. He still looked to the future expecting to 
perform even greater work than ever before and looked 
forward with every degree of hope and aspiration to an- 
other busy session of Congress and to moi-e benefits to be 
derived for the constituents of his district whom he loved 
so dearly and for the great body of American citizens to 
whom he was so deeply attached. 

There was perhaps no man in Congress more revered 
by the people of his home city, his colleagues in Congress, 
and his friends of every religious creed and political 
shade than was Congressman Goulden. Not only was he 
an active business man, but he found abundant time to 
devote to the exacting duties as a representative of a 
large, busy congressional district. He likewise was inter- 
ested in farming, and' there was no time when he took 
more pleasure out of life than when he was engaged in 
the pursuits of agriculture on his farms in Carroll County, 
Maryland, my native State. 

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Address of Mr. Linthicum, of Maryland 

He was particularly beloved by the people of Maryland, 
especially those who knew him as " Farmer Goulden " 
in Carroll County. At the great annual picnic or farmers' 
meeting of which he was the forefront at Taneytown, Md., 
Representative Goulden was indeed in his element of 
pleasure and happiness. In that section is stored up in 
the minds of the farmers and villagers all he had to say 
and do, which has had its great influence upon the farm- 
ing and business interests of that section. 

Through this interest in his farms of our State he be- 
came a part of that section; he was an interested supporter 
of everything that was beneficial to the interests of Marj'- 
land and to the great metropolis of Baltimore. Often 
have I spoken of him and said: "Maryland has in Con- 
gress seven Representatives; six elected from the districts 
of Maryland and the seventh elected from the twenty- 
third district of New York." He had not only the time and 
the ability to represent the teeming population of his own 
district, but he took time and sufficient interest to look 
into those matters appertaining to the welfare of Mary- 
land. 

His genial countenance, splendid fellowship, and good 
will impressed all who came in contact with him. It was 
a bright spot in the convening of the House of Repre- 
sentatives each morning to meet Representative Goulden, 
for he was strict in attendance, and to receive his hand- 
clasp, kindly smile, and best wishes for a successful day. 

1 became one of his close personal friends, as also did 
my colleagues from Maryland. I was in constant touch 
with him in the work of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways 
Association, and there was no man, to my knowledge, who 
exerted a greater influence in those matters in which he 
was interested than did this genial Representative from 
New York. 



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I could not, Mr. Speaker, allov,' to pass this opportunit}' 
to publicly express to the familj-, friends, and constituents 
of Representative Goulden how much the people of my 
State appreciated his friendship and assistance; how 
much my colleagues and I appreciated the splendid sup- 
port of our late friend and associate and his good will and 
friendly intercourse at all times. 

Marj'land may have many residents who are not natives 
of her soil, she may have many friends to locate within 
her borders, but none can ever take the place of Repre- 
sentative Goulden in the hearts and minds of his Mary- 
land friends. 



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Address of Mr. Pratt, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: I did not know the late Col. Joseph A. 
GouLDEN, but I counted upon the prospective privilege of 
knowing him through a letter of introduction which I 
carried in my pocket until the morning in May when I 
read that his life had suddenly gone out. In one sense. 
Col. GouLDEN was identified with the congressional dis- 
trict I have the honor to represent, and that was through 
his long connection with the New Yoi'k State Soldiers 
and Sailors' Home, at Bath, N. Y. In 1902 he was ap- 
pointed by the governor of New York as a trustee of that 
home. He held that post until his death, and for the last 
year of his life was president of the board of trustees. 

In response to an inquiry. Col. Joseph E. Ewell, com- 
mandant of the home, writes to me feelingly as follows: 

Col. GouLDEN was active, energetic, able, and efTicient in the 
discharge of his duties, and was greatly interested in the home. 
He rarely missed a meeting of the board of trustees, often being 
obliged to come from Washington for that purpose; and in a 
marked degree he gained tlie confidence, respect, and good will 
of all connected with the home as members or officers. He was 
kindly, genial, and friendly in his attitude toward everyone with 
whom he had personal or business relations. 

In the resolutions upon the death of Col. Goulden 
adopted by the board of trustees of the New York State 
Soldiers and Sailors' Home appropriate reference is made 
to the valuable service he rendered in many fields of 
activity. These resolutions declare that he was — 

the type of man the world loves. Just and generous, courageous 
and conservative, upright and fair, tender and sympathetic, of 
heart, witli a message of good will to all and encouragement to his 
fellow men, he possessed a character worthy of all emulation, and 
left memories to be cherished throughout the years to come. 

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Memorial Addresses: Representative (iouLDEX 

Such was our late colleague, one of the most popular 
and esteemed Members of this House, a man of strong 
convictions and yet tolerant in his opinions, charitable in 
his judgments, and kind and gentle in his acts; a man of 
incessant activity, who served his State and Nation with 
loyalty and integrity; who shirked no responsibility, who 
was equal to every opportunity, and who found his great- 
est joy and satisfaction in doing his simple duty as a man 
and citizen and public servant. 

We of this House do well to honor his memory to-day, 
and we bid him farewell with atTcctionate regret. 



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Address of Mr. London, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: In the presence of death I always feel 
overwhelmed. Both life and death are mysteries. The 
mind of the primitive savage and the intellect of the phi- 
losopher of modern days are alike helpless when con- 
fronted with the problem of existence. We do not know, 
we do not understand. We can not grapple with the 
mystery of life, with the problems of life. There is only 
one thought in my mind when I see a life ebbing away, 
when I see an active man departing, and that is that 
every moment of our life should be devoted to some use- 
ful service. Let others wreck their minds in the vain 
effort to solve the mystery of existence, to penetrate the 
inscrutable veil which separates life from death. For us 
there can be only one broad highway in life, and that 
is the highway of useful, social service. Blessed is the 
man of whom it can truly be said "He has lived a useful, 
life." 



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Address of Mr. Ashbrook, of Ohio 

Mr. Speaker: As I was passing through the Capitol I 
chanced to notice the House was in session, and so hap- 
pened in this Chamber. My especial attention had not 
been called to this service, and, like many other Members, 
was busy with my own aflfairs and failed to take note that 
this day was set apart to pay tribute to the life and char- 
acter of a departed Member. I am not prepared to 
speak as I would like but can not permit this opportunity 
to pass without saying a word of tribute to my friend, 
Col. Joseph A. Goulden. He was one of the first Members 
I learned to know well when I came here in the Sixtieth 
Congress, and as the years rolled by our acquaintance 
ripened into a warm friendship. He was a most lovable 
man, as gentle and kind as a woman. He had a big, 
warm, sympathetic heart. Well do 1 recall his kindly 
face. I scarce remember his ever passing by that he 
did not say "How are you to-day. Brother?"; and this 
affectionate greeting was accompanied by an outstretched 
hand for hearty handclasp. Little wonder that he was 
admired and loved here as but few men are. A few years 
ago I was one of a congressional party to make a trip to 
the Canal Zone. The party was in charge of Col. Goulden, 
who looked after the minutest detail and seemed to think 
only of our comfort and welfare. He seemed to be always 
striving to do some kind act for some one. His life was 
one of service and full of good deeds. 1 could mention 
many instances of his great kindness to me personally, 
and so when I read of the sudden summons which over- 
took this soldier, statesman, and friend, 1 felt a deep 



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Address of Mr. Ashbrook, of Ohio 



personal loss. I shall long love to recall many pleasant 
memories of this good man, and — 

1 can not say — I will not say — 

That he is dead. He is only away. 

With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand 

He has wandered into an unknown land 

And left us dreaming, How very fair 

It needs must be, since he lingers there. 

And you — oh, you who wildest yearn 

For the old-time step and glad return — 

Think of him faring on, as dear 

In the love There as the love Here. 



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Address of Mr. Farley, of New York 

Mr. Speaker : The ceremonies here to-day indeed im- 
press me with the realization that this House, the Nation, 
and the State of New York lost a valuable, well-known 
Member in the death of Joseph A. Goulden, and 1 would 
not be equal to representing my people if I did not say a 
few words at this time. 

I have known Col. Goulden for many j^ears, and learned 
to admire him for his careful, painstaking, honest interest 
in all things pertaining to the welfare of the city and State 
of New York, as well as the Nation. He seemed to me to 
be a man of wonderful capabilities in grasping needful 
situations, and was always willing and anxious to per- 
form his share of the task in finally accomplishing the 
end. His untimely death on May 3, at Philadelphia, was 
flashed to New York City, shocking all of us who knew 
him, and almost immediately orders came from you to 
attend his funeral. 

The services at the parish church, even at the verj^ early 
hour at which they were held, were attended by a throng 
of people. The special train bearing his remains to 
their last resting place at Taney town, Md., left an escort 
of many friends at the station in New York City. The 
few stops en route for relatives to join the funeral were 
conspicuous for their gathering at the station of people 
who knew and loved him. The arrival at his home town, 
Taneytown, was a picture I shall never forget, as I wit- 
nessed the hushed, bareheaded multitude from the town 
and countryside waiting to pay a tribute of respect to 
their distinguished departed townsman. The services at 
the little church and the interment 'neath a tree — a spot 
he had selected in the churchyard — ended the sad duty 



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that mortal can render tlie dead, were all attended by 
this sad concourse of people. 

To-day we are gathered in special session to pay a final 
tribute in an official manner to him who was one of us 
and is no more. 

Men are known by their words and their works. The 
record of Joseph A. Goulden stands for itself so clear that 
we might well emulate it. 



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Address of Mr. Smith, of Idaho 

Mr. Speaker: When I entered this Chamber for the 
fa-st time as a Member of this body, April 7, 1913, one 
of the first of the older Members who took me by the 
hand and bade me welcome was the late Col. Goulden, to 
commemorate whose noble life and accomplishments we 
are gathered to-day; and I gladly avail myself of the 
privilege of paying a tribute to my departed friend. 

It was my good fortune to serve with him early in the 
session, by j'our appointment, as a member of a com- 
mittee to visit a distant southern city, during which time 
we were thrown constantly together, which resulted in 
the creation of a bond of friendship which was broken 
by his death. I had the deepest attachment for him, and 
the news of his death, which reached me on the other 
side of the continent, came as a distinct shock. His 
daily kindly greetings as the session advanced were most 
welcome, and his advice and suggestions were of the 
greatest aid to me in acquainting myself with the business 
of the House. 

I delighted in talking with him about his experiences 
during the war, probably because of the fact that my 
father and brother had also served in that great struggle, 
and I had always been taught to venerate and esteem 
those who had offered their lives on their countrj''s altar. 

He was, indeed, a most interesting personage, genial, 
courtly, and a man of the most tender sensibilities and 
noble impulses. He had a host of friends, regardless of 
politics, drawn to him by his modest, attractive, and 
kindly personality, who mourn his loss with deep per- 
sonal grief. 

I do not believe any man who has served as a Member 
of this House was more conscientious or had a higher 

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sense of honor or was more anxions to deal honestly with 
his fellows than our departed friend. His constituents 
recognized his high character and ability, and their appre- 
ciation of his splendid service in tlicir behalf was shown 
by repeatedly reelecting him as their Representative in 
Congress. 

It is proper that we should pause from the exacting 
cares and responsibilities which our duties here impose 
upon us to pay this tribute of respect to our late colleague, 
whose life has been a noble and worthy success, devoted 
to his God, his country, and his friends. 

The dread summons which came to him, and which we 
know not how soon must come to us, found him calmly 
and resolutely awaiting its approach, as is evidenced in 
the closing words of a eulogy which he delivered in this 
House on the life and character of one of his colleagues 
on an occasion similar to this, and which is also a splen- 
did index to his own character, when he said: 

His passing was a deep personal loss to me, and my heart was 
saddened as I saw him laid away in beautiful Laurel Hill Ceme- 
tery, with the ever-placid Schuylkill flowing near by. I thought 
of many things; of the passing friendships that come with years, 
of my own few remaining days in this House, and of the living 
friends that may soon sever; then life itself, which has deserted 
my own good friend thus laid away with so many present to bid 
him farewell, occupied my thoughts, and looking to myself I 
whispered in the words of Mrs. Barbauld: 

"Life; we've been long together 
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather: 
'Tis hard to part when friends are dear. 
Perhaps will cost a sigh, a tear; 
Then steal away, give little warning, 
Choose thine own time; 

Say not ' good night,' but in some brighter clime 
Bid me ' good morning.' " 



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Address of Mr. Gary, of Wisconsin 

Mr. Speaker: In the few remarks I wish to address to 
the House in memorj' of our departed colleague, I must 
necessarily confine myself entirely to a short but verj' 
pleasant friendship with Col. Goulden. 

I never knew him until I met him in Gongress here. He 
came from New York and I from Wisconsin. He was a 
Democrat and I a Republican, and we differed honestly 
and sincerely on many political questions, but I found him, 
from the very beginning of my acquaintance with him, 
in every way a patriotic American citizen, a wise, sincei-e 
Member of Congress, faithful in the discharge of his duty 
to his constituency and to the countrj', and as a man one 
of the manliest and most lovable characters that I have 
met in the eight years that I have been a Member of this 
body. He was always willing to lend a helping hand to 
any good cause or to any deserving person, kindly to an 
extreme degree. He reflected in his everyday attitude 
toward his fellow man a warm and brotherly interest in 
humanity. I have heard numbers of the employees of 
this House, regardless of their political afTiliations or the 
section from which they came, speak with deep feeling 
of his unfailing courtesy and affability, and I am sure 
that a man so much beloved among people whom he 
knew for so short a time here in Washington must be 
greatly missed and deeply mourned by the constituents, 
friends, and neighbors who honored him so often by 
their confidence and trust in him. 

One of the most pleasant features of congressional life 
is the many pleasant friendships we form here, the con- 
tact we have with men from every section of this great 
country, and the lessons we learn from such contact with 
men whose ideas on many subjects are so different from 

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our own, but whose ideals are almost invariably on the 
same high plane of Americanism which influences us all; 
but while these friendships and acquaintances form one 
of the most pleasant features, as I have said, of congres- 
sional life, the partings that so often take place here are 
a source frequently of the deepest grief and sorrow. 
Eveiy two years men whom we learn to know and love 
leave this body through the varying exigencies of politics, 
and we see them but seldom in after life, and ever so 
often a dear brother passes over to the shadowy regions 
of the great beyond, and we know that here we will see 
him no more, we will never feel his warm and friendly 
handclasp, we will never be greeted by his cheerful words 
and pleasant smile, and were it not for the consolation 
we can find in a submission to the decrees of the 
Almighty, who doeth all things well, this interruption of 
friendships would make the whole world a mourning place 
and its people a congregation of sorrowing mourners. 

But into these sad moments there steals the comforting 
hope of a hereafter; the faith that a well-spent life leads 
to a blessed rest, and I know of no one whom I have 
known in the half century I have spent on earth who 
was ever more deserving of rest and peace than Col. Jo- 
seph A. GouLDEN. His whole life was an inspiration to 
ingenuous youth, and he leaves a memory that will be a 
precious inheritance to those he leaves behind. He was, 
as I knew him, a man who thoroughly enjoyed life, but 
also a man who was absolutely fearless of death. On 
more than one occasion in his political life he was forced 
to fight a strenuous and bitter political battle, but it never 
took from him his unfailing and human outlook on hu- 
manity, nor did I ever hear him in speaking of the politi- 
cal contests he had waged give vent to the slightest tinge 
of bitterness or ill feeling toward his opponent. He had 
a high sense of duty, and was a faithful and hard-working 



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Member of this House, both on the floor and in committee; 
and I know that as long as a single Member of Congress 
lives who served with him, some heart will beat a little 
quicker and a thought of tender memory will stir the 
breast of some man in every State. 

Death will come to us all, we know. To some it may 
come quickly, to some it may come after weeks and 
months of suffering, but if we recall the way men like 
Col. GouLDEN lived we will not be afraid to die as he died, 
for, in the words of a recent poet — 

If you are done to the death, what then? 

If you battled the best you could; 
If you played your part in the world of men, 

The Great Critic will hold it good. 
Death comes with a crawl or comes with a pounce. 

But whether it's slow or spry. 
It isn't the fact that you are dead that counts, 

But onlj' how did you die? 



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Address of Mr. Dooling, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: In the death of the Hon. Joseph A. Goul- 
DEN the House of Representatives lost a valuable Member, 
his party an able and resourceful camijaigner, the city of 
New York an esteemed citizen, and we who knew him 
well a faithful, sincere friend. 

His sudden and untimely death came as a shock to all 
who heard the news, and it came so unexpectedly that 
even now while we are paying the last tribute of affec- 
tionate regard to his memory it seems almost impossible 
that he should have left us forever, for our memorj' of 
him is that of a strong and vigorous man, whom we all 
expected to see live many more years of a healthy and 
useful life. 

Col. Goulden was an exemplar of all of the traits that 
go to make up a modern, aggressive, energetic American 
man. He was a good business man, whose sound judg- 
ment was always a valuable asset to those with whom he 
worked in either business or politics. He was a fearless 
and able political leader, and he was always a sincere and 
honest official, who, while a strong partisan, was above 
all a true and patriotic American. 

Added to these characteristics he had a most engaging 
personality, and to those who met him was one of the 
most cordially liked men in public life, both here and at 
his home. He easily attracted the friendship of all, and 
the numerous times he was honored by the suffrages of 
his neighbors is sufficient proof of the confidence he 
inspired. 

In all of the relations of his life he was the same cour- 
teous, friendly, and straightforward man, and he was 



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one who never failed to help anyone who needed his 
assistance. 

I knew Col. Goulden long and intimately, and the mem- 
ory of his friendship will always be to me one of the most 
pleasant recollections of my public life. 

He had very few, if any, personal enemies, and it speaks 
volumes for the character of the man that he could go 
through so many bitter political campaigns and still re- 
tain the respect and even the friendship of so manj' men 
who were politically opposed to him; but it is true of him 
that among his very best friends were many men who 
were always opposed to him in politics. 

He was a Member of Congress long before I entered this 
bodj% and I had been here but a very short time when I 
found that my colleague, friend, and fellow New Yorker 
was as popular here as he was in our home town. 

It is therefore to a departed personal friend that I pay 
this last tribute of respect. He has left us, and his place 
will know him no more. We know, of course, that death 
must come to us all some day, but we rarely realize this 
until we meet, as we do to-day, to speak of one who has 
gone before on that mysterious road. It is indeed, then, 
a consolation that we can gather from the memorj^ of a 
man like Col. Goulden that no matter how sudden death 
may come, if life is well and honestly spent, the remem- 
brance of us will linger and the immortality that we are 
promised will have its reflection in the thoughts of us 
that still dwell in the hearts of those we left behind. 



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Address of Mr. Hollingsworth, of Ohio 

Mr. Speaker: I desire to place one little chaplet on 
the bier of my good friend and comrade, Col. Goulden. 

Others who knew him better and were more fortunate 
in long associations with him have spoken at length of 
his merits, his lovable character, his courage, his tender- 
ness, his genial, generous, forgiving nature, his broad 
humanity and universal love for his fellow men, coupled 
with lofty patriotism and love of countrj', and each and 
every sentiment expressed has found an echo in my own 
heart. 

He was to me a real friend. I met him soon after the 
organization of the Sixty-first Congress under peculiar 
circumstances. I was a new Member, one of the then 
dominant party, without acquaintance or experience in 
"Washington; he, although on the other side, was just 
the kind of a mentor that I needed. Perhaps a feeling 
of Army comradeship drew us together and taught us 
both to look over the garden wall of politics, on which 
bloom the sweetest and most fragrant flowers of friend- 
ship. At any rate, fortunately or unfortunately for me, 
before the committees of the House were named, I found 
myself unable to agi-ee with a few strong leaders of my 
own party and especially on the old rules of the House, 
the adoption of which became a matter of serious con- 
troversy. I was conscientious in my convictions, and in 
my simplicity thought this a sufficient warrant for con- 
trolling my own vote; but that did not seem to excuse 
me with party leaders in a contest where a single vote 
might be and was decisive of the result. 1 had promised 
my vote to no interest and voted as I thought right, 

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resulting in the defeat of a resolution of my party friends. 
But a combination of selfish interests, a crossing, in fact, 
of party lines, quickly followed, by which the essential 
feature of the old rules, absolute control of the important 
committees, was preserved. 

I met the usual fate of an independent. Very little 
congenial work fell to my lot; opportunities did not come 
my way, but I never complained. A few, however, who 
knew that 1 had been attorney general of a great State and 
for years before chairman of the judiciary committee of 
its highest legislative body, noticed, or thought they did, 
in me a shade of disappointment. Comrade Goulden 
was one of these. Crossing over the Hall one day and 
taking me by the hand, he said, in substance: " Comrade, 
that was a brave act of yours to vote against these old 
arbitrary rules of your party, but come back to the next 
Congress, which will be Democratic, and, instead of 
punishment for independent thought and action, we will 
make amends." 

It was, of course, only an idle thought, but somehow it 
was comforting, and the cordiality and warmth of his 
handshake started a friendship which, though modest 
and undemonstrative, continued throughout the Sixty- 
first Congress. 

When the whii'ligig of Ohio politics changed conditions 
and I found myself coming back, I naturally scanned the 
lists of the Sixty-fourth Congress to see if I could find the 
name of Col. Goulden, and it was a real pleasure to learn 
that 1 was to meet him again in this House. But, alas for 
human expectations! The news of his sudden call by the 
Master, May 3 last, was a profound shock to me, and, of 
course, must have been a much greater one to his intimate 
associates. 

His was a lovely character. 



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Address of Mr. Hollingsworth, of Ohio 

Personally, I feel like repeating the first verse of the 
beautiful poem found in his pocket after his death: 

A little more tired at close of day, 
A little less anxious to have our way; 
A little less ready to scold and blame, ■ 
A little more care of a brother's name; 
And so we are nearing the journey's end. 
Where time and eternity meet and blend. 



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Address of Mr. Riordan, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: By the death of Joseph A. Goilden, not 
only we from New York but many from other States, have 
lost a stanch and sincere friend. The House lost one of 
its most useful Members; the United States a loyal and 
intelligent defender; the State of New York a notable 
citizen; and the city of New York a representative ever 
true to her interests and zealous in her support. 

Congressman Goulden to the last excelled in vigor, 
energy, and initiative. He never became interested in a 
cause that he did not become useful and devoted to it. 

When a very young man he lived near the battle field 
of Gettysburg, and though he saw all the horrors of that 
awful field, the sight did not deter him from enlisting in 
the Navy soon after. His service was faithful, and during 
all the years that followed a veteran of the wars or a 
sailor or soldier of the Regular Establishment had a 
friend in Congressman Goulden. 

He served on innumerable Memorial Day committees; 
was secretary of the committee which built the soldiers 
and sailors' monument on Riverside Drive, New York 
City; a trustee of the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. Y.; 
organizer of associate posts of the Grand Army of the 
Republic; and active wherever he could do a real service 
to an old soldier, to his widow, or to his children. Hun- 
dreds of families to-day owe their humble comfort to 
pensions received through Col. Goulden's knowledge, 
sympathy, and untiring industry. 

During the Spanish-American War Col. Goulden, with- 
out reward, recruited volunteers for the Army, and ever 
afterwards deemed it an honor that he had been per- 
mitted this service. 



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Address of Mr. Riordan, of New York 

He was loyal to the flag he had served. He secured the 
passage of a law in the State of New York prohibiting the 
printing of advertising matter on the flag, and when the 
first oflender proved to be one of his warmest supporters, 
he insisted, nevertheless, on the strict enforcement of the 
law. He worked for 10 years, though unsuccessfully, to 
secure the enactment of a similar Federal statute. 

He introduced the first bill to raise the Maine in Habana 
Harbor and worked for it until it became a law. 

The Bronx, which he represented for so many years, 
had with its rapid growth and its miles of penetration by 
arms of the sea many and important problems of trade, 
transportation, and navigation. Col. Goulden made him- 
self proficient in them all. This interest led him into the 
Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Atlantic Deeper 
"Waterways Association. He became an officer in both, 
and he rarely missed a meeting or a session of either 
from Maine to Florida. On these subjects he was one 
of the best-informed men in the House. 

He was a loyal Democrat, believing in the principles of 
the party and supporting its policies and candidates. In 
1913, at the age of 68, he ran for an office which he did 
not want, and suffered anticipated defeat, solely because 
the party leaders made the request and desired the 
strength of his unquestioned personal popularity in a 
more than doubtful year. 

Col. Goulden was a school commissioner, and although 
his term expired 20 years ago, his interest in the schools 
remained unabated. He was the friend of the children, 
of the postal employees, of the police, and of the fire- 
mien. He was diligent and successful in business. All of 
these qualities and his long residence in The Bronx made 
him an appreciated neighbor and gained him hosts of 
true friends. His personal following of every race, color, 
and creed was large. 

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A good and loyal man, a most respected citizen, true 
alike to home, family, friends, and country, he lived an 
unselfish, useful life, serving the citj', State, and Nation, 
making felicitous the lives of others. The sum of his 
achievements was large, and the good he did for others 
was great. 

When life was the happiest, still full of the vigor of 
well-spent years, occupied to the last moment, his career 
of honor and of worth ended with no lingering, wasting 
illness dimming the memory of former usefulness, but 
with the instant passing from the life here to the life be- 
yond, preparation for which was never absent for a day 
from eitlier his thoughts or his actions. 



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Address of Mr. Bennet, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: This is a good woi'ld. The pessimistic 
poet of the past who said : 

The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred 
with their bones — 

spoke from an evident experience of the gloomier tilings 
of life. It is a good world, because good men and good 
women make it so. And among those of my acquaintance 
who have done their share there has been none who ever 
touched life for its betterment from more angles than 
Col. GouLDEN. I stand here to-day as his elected succes- 
sor, through two accidents; latterly the accident of his 
death; before that, the accidental circumstance of a 
redistricting of the congressional districts of our State. 
For six years he and I sat here as colleagues, and the 
closest of colleagues, for the old seventeenth district and 
the old eighteenth district marched with each othei% to 
use the old language of the common law, along their 
boundaries for miles. They were populous districts, and 
between us we had the responsibility of representing 
here over a million of the inhabitants of the State of 
New York. That circumstance and the contiguity of our 
districts threw us into almost daily contact, and the fact 
that the House at that time was of my party, and he 
ever earnestly striving to secure every possible bit of 
legislation for the benefit not only of those whom he 
represented but those with wl>om he was affiliated, made 
our intercourse of the closest character. 

There was a great disparity in our ages. He was pre- 
cisely the age of my own father, and yet of the two, if 
there was any difference in energy, the greater activity 

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was his. Our colleague, Mr. Fitzgerald, says that he 
doubts whether the district realizes the services that it 
had from Col. Goulden. He would not express or have 
that doubt if he lived in the district. Col. Goulden was a 
Democrat, always, when a candidate of that party, but 
from the time I first knew him until the time when he 
died there never was a time in my judgment when as the 
candidate of another party, or of no party, that great 
independent community would not have returned him to 
this House by an emphatic majority. 

In the recent campaign, as I walked the streets of that 
district, young men came to me and said, " We are Re- 
publicans, but of course we voted for Col. Goulden, 
because when we were at school it was Col. Goulden who 
used to come around and take an interest in the school, 
and when the Spanish-American War was on it was Col. 
Goulden who came to our school and organized us into 
companies to go. Oh, yes, we are Republicans, but we 
always voted for Mr. Goulden." 

And the business men would say to me, " Well, we wish 
you luck. Oh, yes; we are Republicans; of course we are, 
but we always voted for Mr. Goulden because he was such 
a good Representative." And the women would say, 
" Well, Mr. Bennet, so and so, and this and that, but you 
never would have stood a chance if Col. Goulden was 
living." I will never forget that one of my best supporters 
in The Bronx, as I sat talking with him, opened the drawer 
of his desk, took out a photograph of Mr. Goulden, held 
it up, and said, " I always voted for him." 

Mr. Goulden had grown up with The Bronx, he had seen 
it rise in population from ^70,000 to 600,000, and during 
that entire rise and progress there had been not one single 
good movement with which he had not been connected; 
not one. Neither race nor religion constituted a boundary 
or an impediment for his efforts or his interest. 

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He was stanch in everything. No one ever had to 
inquire long to find out that he was a loyal member of 
the Roman Catholic Church, and yet the best among the 
Protestants and the Hebrews in The Bronx voted for Mr. 
GouLDEN. Not only was he loyal to The Bronx, but he was 
loyal to the city and to the State. We shared between us 
the temporary guardianship of a waterway which sepa- 
rated our two districts. He knew that waterway, and 
during his entire service in this House there never was 
a moment when anything that ought to be obtained for 
that waterway was not obtained. He knew where to go 
and when to go and how to do it and what was wanting. 

And so in every activity he was helpful and energetic. 
Two of our colleagues have spoken of the office he held in 
connection with the Soldiers' Home at Bath. It was near 
to his heart, and so was every question relating to the old 
soldier. When I came to look over the bills in his file in- 
troduced in the Sixty-third Congress, I found that the pen- 
sion bills introduced in behalf of old soldiers and their 
widows and veterans of the Spanish-American War were 
not at all confined to the twenty-third congressional dis- 
trict, but that they covered the State, showing in some 
degree the acquaintance which he had. 

Nearly a score have spoken to-day. I should have been 
willing that we all should have rested our mutual praise 
and common appreciation upon the prayer of the Chap- 
lain. 

Possibly I am the only one here who recalls that when 
some years ago the Chaplain reached the twenty-fifth an- 
niversary^ of his marriage, it was Joseph A. Goulden, a 
Catholic, who went from man to man and got from each 
of us $1, and then in the parlor yonder, to the utter sur- 
prise of Dr. Couden, presented him with more than three 
hundred shining silver dollars that he had taken the 



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trouble to procure from the Treasurj^ It was that sort 
of act that has brought upon this floor to-day Representa- 
tives from more States than I have ever heard deliver 
addresses at a memorial service in my six years of prior 
experience. It was that kind of life, touching every in- 
terest, that made him dear to this House. 

Col. Goulden was an active legislator. When the 
Maine was blown up in Habana Harbor, it was he who 
introduced the first bill to have the bodies of the dead 
sailors brought back here. When the great order of 
which he was a member desired a commemoration of 
Christopher Columbus in this Capital, it was Col. Goulden 
who worked until the bill for the statue of Christopher 
Columbus went through. Out of his own mind he evolved 
the idea that it was a desecration to associate with the 
flag of our counti-y the advertisement of any business, 
and it was he who secured the passage of the bill in our 
State making that particular act a crime. The only 
unfinished business that I know of in his legislative career 
is the fact that the bill introduced by him Congress after 
Congress to place a similar law on the statute books of 
the United States has not yet passed. 

There is no relation of either his public or private life 
which could not be happily touched upon, no strain of 
fidelity under which liis character gave. Gentlemen have 
risen to-day and read from memorial addresses delivered 
by Col. Goulden on occasions such as this. Those refer- 
ences could have been indefinitely multiplied. In my 
six years of service I do not now recall ever having read 
the proceedings of a memorial service, or having been 
present at one, with which Col. Goulden was not con- 
nected, and why? Because he knew good of all of us. 

He was to our virtues over kind, 
And to our faults a little blind. 



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Address of Mr. Bennet, of New York 

He liked men, he was genial, companionable, friendly. 
It was no veneer; it was the real thing. 

I can not speak intimately of his domestic life, for with 
that 1 was not closely connected. 1 know it was all that 
such a life should have been. 1 know the happiness of 
the home, and, in fact, as 1 glance back through memory 
along the career of Col. Goulden, there seems nothing 
essential in which he was deficient. Last night, in New 
York City, in a room, a reproduction of home life of a 
country in Europe, I saw a little picture that I shall 
always imagine is typical of the home of Col. Goulden. 
It was a representation of a painting over a fireplace 
epitomizing the home, simply two hearts intci'twined with 
flowers, and I imagine that the foundation of his home 
was that. 

Mr. Speaker, we change rapidly here. Of the 37 men 
from New York State who took the oath of office 10 years 
ago, at the beginning of the Fifty-ninth Congress, but 2, 
Mr. Fitzgerald and myself, took the oath of office at the 
commencement of the Sixty-fourth Congress. We go 
back into private life or into other public activities or 
into the realms beyond, and we shall be fortunate, each 
or all of us, if when we say our final farewell it can as 
certainly be said of us, as it can be said of Col. Goulden, 
that the world is better for our having been here. 

Mr. Speaker, many of our colleagues, for one reason 
or another, are not able to be here to-day, and 1, as well 
as yourself, have had personal requests from a number 
that they may have the usual leave to extend their re- 
marks in the Record. 

1 append as a portion of my remarks some of the reso- 
lutions introduced on Col. Goulden's death. 



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The resolutions are as follows : 

Department of Education. 
Borough of The Bronx, May 21, 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2i33 C res ton Avenue, New York City. 

Dear Madam: At a meeting of the local school board of district 
25, held on the evening of May 18, 1915, the following resolutions 
•were unanimously adopted and I was directed to transmit the 
same to you : 

" Whereas the Nation, the State, and the city of New York have 
sustained an irreparable loss in the death of Col. Joseph A. 
Goulden, former member of local school board 25, former mem- 
ber of the board of education, and Member of Congress; and 

" Whereas the services of Col. Goulden in all the otTices he has 
held have been painstaking, conscientious, and signally successful 
and valuable; and 

" Whereas his charming and impressive personality was deeply 
impressed upon all who came in contact with him; 

" Therefore, we hereby express our sense of personal loss and 
sorrow in view of the demise of this splendid man and exemplary 
citizen, and implore Almighty God to mitigate by His precious 
consolations the sorrows of the bereaved members of the sur- 
viving family. 

" Ordered, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to 
Col. Goulden's family and incorporated in the minutes of this 
board." 

Very sincerely, yours, 

Henry L. Samson, Secretary. 



GEN. LOUD'S tribute TO CONGRESSMAN GOULDEN AT THE TESTIMONIAL 
RECEPTION AND DINNER TO GEN. GEORGE I!. LOUD, MAY S, 1915. 

In the midst of our fraternal love feast there is an aching void 
in the hearts of many present; a note of sadness vibrating on 
many a heartstring, because of the absence of one loved by us 
all, and who, so prominent in the initial work for this gathering, 
would have added so much joy and cheer to it, had God spared 
him. I refer to our comrade, .Ioseph A. Goulden, our last Civil 
War veteran in Congress from the Empire State. 



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Address of Mr. Bennet, of New York 

Without a word of reference to him here would be a woeful 
ornission. He crossed over to the great right wing of our Army 
and Navy in the other encampment this very week, leaving so 
many of us sorrowing and yet bewildered, and for our only con- 
solation the memory of his grand work for his State and city, for 
American citizenship, and the tender and precious memory of 
his generous and lofty character. 

A faithful service in the United States Navy in the Civil War, 
commended for the faithful and meritorious discharge of duty, 
a long and active membership in the Grand Army, a citizenship 
which was an honor to his country and people; so it may be 
truthfully said of him that the world became richer and fra- 
ternity of sublimer significance because of his life, and the 
world was manifestly poorer on his going out. Few of this great 
metropolis will be more deeply deplored among the hosts gone 
before in many years than Joseph A. Goilden, and after the 
tears are dried there will come a memory of him to his loved 
ones and friends that will paint the past with colors which will 
keep his picture in their hearts and minds always perfect. 

As I remember him, who was so close to my life, in his nature 
there was a wealth of sunshine. Humor flowed from his heart 
like a sparkling spring gushing out of the rock. His presence 
always seemed a message of cheer and good will. His inborn 
geniality amounted to genius which created sweet and wholesome 
character and radiated cheer. He had a window in his heart, 
always open for the expression of his candor and sincerity, true 
to the core. His integrity was superb, but his predominant qual- 
ity was courage — courage to fight wrong and injustice; courage 
to stand loyally by a friend and comrade. Those who had busi- 
ness, social, or fraternal relations with Joseph A. Goulden always 
relied on the lasting, true devotion of his manhood and were re- 
freshed by the charm of his individuality. In the calm, serene 
retreat of his home he was like the tree that grows in the sunny 
South — its leaves ever green, its blossoms pure and sweet; and 
home to him was the grandest, sweetest spot on earth. 

Who will fill his place in the Congress of the United States, 
representing as he has so faithfully his great constituency, and, 
too, as the tried and true representative of his comrades, with 
whom he kept ever in close touch of his heart, and as unshakable 
in his devotion as the rock of Gibraltar? 



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The Pioneer Republican Club, 
Borough of The Bronx, May 17, 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2i33 Creston Avenue, Neiv York City. 
Dear Madam: It is with deep feeling that the officers and mem- 
bers of the Pioneer Republican Club of the thirty-fourth assembly 
district extend to you and yours their sincere expressions of 
sympathy and condolence on the death of your dear husband, the 
Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. 

You have suffered an irreparable loss, his friends a cherished 
companion, and the community which he represented a man in 
whom reposed their everlasting respect and absolute confidence. 
It is our desire, dear madam, that this letter, conveying the 
heartfelt sympathy of each and every member of this organiza- 
tion, will, in its own way, tend to alleviate your sorrow in this 
sad hour of bereavement. 

Very sincerely, yours, 

Harry Is.^acs, Secretary. 



TRIBUTE BY HENRY C. LIPPINCOTT. 

Just a week ago the writer of these lines congratulated Col. J. A. 
Goulden upon his vigorous appearance and the complete posses- 
sion of all his physical and intellectual qualities that had, at age 
71, set him apart from men in general as one exceptionally robust, 
of splendid health, and destined for continued usefulness for 
many years. A few hours ago the summons came without a 
moment's warning; quickly, painlessly, without fear, with sublime 
confidence in Him " who doeth all things well," an earthly career 
was ended that had made an impress for good in a wide circle of 
associates whom he honored with his friendship. 

Mr. Goulden first came to the company in October, 1879, in the 
capacity of superintendent of eastern agencies, establisliing many 
new ones and activeh' and efficiently cooperating with all within 
his field. In this selection he displayed excellent judgment, bring- 
ing to the company many who are still associated with it, and 
creating among them proper business ideals from which they do 
not depart. He was one of the organizers, in 1883, of the Penn 
Mutual Agency Association, and was continuously connected with 
it as an officer, being its president at the time of his death. In 
April, 1889, he became a general agent in New York City, and in 
association with his son, Maurice E. Goulden, has represented the 

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company with great reliability and distinguished credit. His 
energy was so boundless that he participated in the work of many 
helpful undertakings, being actively interested in school, religious, 
political, and military circles, in each of which he bore his part 
manfully, with excellent discretion and wise foresight. Prior 
to his connection with the Penn Mutual he had served in the 
Navy during the Civil War, and had been manager of the Penn- 
sylvania State Reformatory. Upon his removal to New York he 
became a member of the board of education, where his work in 
behalf of teachers was recognized and applauded. He was a 
trustee for many years of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and 
recently was president, and had been ofTicially and creditably 
connected with many organizations because of his keen interest 
in G. A. R. affairs. He was serving his twelfth year in Congress 
as a Representative from The Bronx, N. Y., when suddenly called 
hence. His work in Congress was particularly notable in con- 
nection with life insurance affairs; but he also earned the good 
will of his constituents by close attention to their local matters, 
as shown by repeated elections with large majorities. In 1913, 
when the income tax was proposed and debated, he strongly 
opposed that section which put a tax upon " dividends of sur- 
plus," and was markedly influential in securing its elimination. 
While many men exerted themselves to this end, no one was more 
powerful than he; and life insurance owes him a debt of gratitude 
for vigorous and unselfish service, which was politically at his 
personal risk, his course being the expression of a guiding prin- 
ciple that he would not ignore. 

Personally he was most attractive. His was a broad, generous, 
sympathetic nature that looked upon the world with loving eyes 
that were animated by a desire to serve and amend. Intellectually 
he was strong and of determined purpose in advocating what he 
esteemed to be wholly right, and yet with that old-time grace and 
courtesy that wounded no sensibility and gathered friends rather 
than critics and opponents. As husband, father, friend, in all 
social and business relations, he measured to the full standard 
of a man. Kind, patient, gentle, and forgiving, courageous in 
adversity, simple and unpretentious in prosperity, a thoroughly 
faithful and honorable man in all his dealings, we of his chosen 
company deplore his loss as an irreparable personal affliction. 

Henry C. Lippincott. 

May 4, 1915. 

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RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE 
HOLY NAME SOCIETY' OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MERCY, FORD- 
HAM, N. Y., MAY' 9, 1915. 

" Resolved, That the Holy Name Society of the Church of Our 
Lady of Mercy, Fordham, N. Y., deplores the loss sustained in the 
death of our late brother, the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. We ex- 
tend to his family our heartfelt sorrow at their grief, and assure 
them of our sympathy. In him the Holy Name Society has lost 
an energetic member, the church a model Catholic, the people of 
our borough an untiring servant, and the country a most patriotic 
and devoted citizen. But while our hearts are wrung with the 
sense of our loss, we glory in the confident hope that his life, 
spent for the glory of his God, his church, and his country, has 
earned for him, at the hands of his Maker, a richly earned re- 
ward; be it further 

" Resolved, That the society offer up its monthlj' holy com- 
munion on the second Sunday of June, 1915, for the repose of his 
soul; and be it further 

" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, suitably engrossed, 
be presented to his family." 

Alfred J. Amend, 
John J. Dalton, 
William J. Daly, 
William T. Gilroy, 
Aloysius M. Tighe, 

Committee. 



RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY' ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE 
taxpayers' ALLIANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, CITY OF 
NEW YORK, MAY 12, 1910. 

" Whereas it has pleased an all-wise God to remove from our 
midst by death the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden on May 3, 1915; and 

" Whereas the Borough of The Bronx and the country at large 
have lost in him one of the most distinguished Representatives 
in Congress, an untiring and honorable business man, an intel- 
lectual and brilliant orator, an honored soldier, and a warm and 
loyal friend and comrade: Be it therefore 

" Resolved, That the Taxpayers' Alliance in meeting assembled 
herewith tender to his bereaved widow and children their sincere 



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sorrow and regret at his sudden and unexpected demise; and be 

it further 

" Resolved, That these resolutions be engrossed and delivered 

to them as a token of our deep-felt sj-mpathy." 

Taxpayers' Alliance of the Borough of The Bronx, 

George M. Schultz, 

President. 

Harry Robitzek, 

E. L. Franz, 

Arthur Arbander, 

Committee. 
New York, June 4, 1915. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY GLIDING STAR COUNCIL, NO. 212, KNIGHTS OF 
COLUMBUS, UPON THE DEATH OF HON. SIR KNIGHT JOSEPH A. 
GOULDEN ON MAY' 3, 1010. 

Whereas it has pleased God to remove from this world Brother 
Joseph A. Goulden, a charter member of this council, who from 
its very beginning, notwithstanding his other many and varied 
activities, took an earnest and unceasing interest in its welfare 
and, by his loyalty and encouragement, materially advanced its 
usefulness and prosperity; and 

Whereas Congressman Goulden has rendered his country and 
his community long and distinguished patriotic and public serv- 
ice, and has also wrought great and lasting benefit to our honored 
order in ably advocating its principles and objects, and particu- 
larly in his successful work for the erection of the great memorial 
in the National Capital to our patron, the discoverer of America; 
and 

Whereas our departed friend has commanded our emulation 
and respect by his exemplary practical Catholicity at all times 
and places, and won our admiration and love by his kindly ad- 
vice and genial disposition: Therefore be it 

Resolved, That we do hereby express our heartfelt grief at the 
sudden passing of our renowned and well-beloved member and 
of the loss suffered thereby by our country, our order, and our 
council; and be it further 

Resolved, That we honor and cherish the memory of Joseph A. 
Goulden in our hearts and our prayers as of one especially de- 
serving of oui gratitude; and be it further 



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Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the record of 
this council and that an engrossed copy thereof be presented to 
the bereaved widow and family of our lamented brother as an 
evidence of our sympathy for them and as a reminder of our 
attachment to him in life and our memory of him in death. 

Joseph Polchinski, 

Grand Knight. 
Michael A. Downs, 

Recorder. 



MINUTES ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PENN MUTUAL 
LIFE INSURANCE CO., PHILADELPHIA, ON THE DEATH OF COL. JOSEPH 
A. GOULDEN. 

It having pleased Almighty God to remove from this world our 
late member, Col. Joseph A. Goulden, the board of trustees of the 
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, desires to record 
on its minutes an expression of its high appreciation. of the many 
lovable and admirable qualities of the deceased. 

While a member of this board but for a brief period, his con- 
nection with the company as its supervisor of eastern agencies 
and later as general agent during a period of more than 40 years 
brought him into close relation with and endeared him to the 
entire management of the Penn Mutual. 

The confidence and respect in which he was held by all who 
knew him was evidenced by the many positions of public honor 
he was called upon to till, in all of which he performed his duties 
with great credit and dignity. To be of service to others, he re- 
garded as a pleasure rather than an obligation, and he was un- 
tiring in doing, without thought or hope of reward, kindnesses 
without number. 

This board mourns his untimely demise, recognizing not only 
the loss which the company sustains through his death, but that 
of the public as well. 

The members of the board of trustees desire to extend their 
sincere and heartfelt sympathies to the family of its departed 
member. 

George K. Johnson, 

President. 
John Humphreys, 

Secretary and Treasurer. 

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resolutions adopted by county committee of the thirty-fifth 
assembly district. 

Whereas the Ahiiighty God in His wisdom has called to Himself 
our late beloved Congressman and fellow committeeman, Hon. 
.Joseph A. Goulden; and 

Whereas Congressman Goulden, by a life devoted to the service 
of his country, his State, city, and borough, had gained for him- 
self a noble reputation by his genial ways, his zeal, and his 
ability, endeared himself to all who knew him, and more espe- 
cially to his friends, comrades, and acquaintances, and by his 
effort to build up and carry to success the great Democratic 
Party had won the admiration and esteem of the leaders of our 
party and the love and affection of the county committee of the 
thirty-fifth assembly district; now be it 

Resolved, That while submitting to the will of the Almighty, 
we recognize in the death of Congressman Joseph A. Goulden the 
loss to the National Legislature of a wise and zealous Member; 
to the veterans of the late Civil War of a noble comrade and de- 
voted friend; to the people of this city and borough of a public- 
spirited citizen; to the Democratic Party of an earnest advocate 
of the principles of Thomas Jefferson; to the members of the 
county committee of the thirty-fifth assembly district of an 
active and sincere fellow worker; and to the members of his be- 
reaved family of a devoted husband and father; and be it further 

Resolved by the members of the county committee of the 
thirty-fifth assembly district in meeting assembled at the North 
End Democratic Club, on the 2Sth day of May. 1915, That we sin- 
cerely deplore our great loss and tender to his widow and chil- 
dren our deep sympathy in this their hour of bereavement; and 
be it further 

Resolved, That these preambles and resolutions be spread upon 
the minutes of this meeting and that a copy of them be engrossed, 
suitably framed, and presented to Mrs. Isabelle A. Goulden, as a 
tribute to the memory of her beloved husband, Hon. Joseph A. 
Goulden. 

John Monaghan, 
Chairman, Democratic County Committee 

of the Thirty-fifth Assembly District. 
Joseph I. Berry, 
Executive Member, Democratic County Committee 

of the Thirty-fifth Assembly District. 

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Parents' Association of P. S. No. 46, 

Borough of The Bronx, N. Y., May 12. 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2433 Creston Avenue, \eiv York City. 
Dear Mrs. Goulden : At a meeting of the association held on 
Friday evening, May 7, 1915, the following resolutions were 
adopted: 

" Whereas the Parents' Association of P. S. No. 46, Bronx, has 
learned with deep regret of the death of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, 
who was for many years an earnest friend of the public schools, 
beloved by pupils and teachers: 

" Resolved, That this association offers this slight tribute to his 
memory, and extends to Col. Goulden's widow in her bereave- 
ment the sincere sympathy of its members. 

" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the 
president and secretary, be forwarded to Mrs. Goulden." 
Offering you our deepest personal sympathy, we are. 
Yours, most sincerely, 

Chas. C. Marrin, 

President. 
Herbert A. Knox, 

Secretary. 



New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, 

Bath, Steuben County, N. Y. 

in memoriam. 

Col. Joseph A. Goulden, president of the board of trustees of 
the New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and the cherished 
friend of the members thereof, died in the city of Philadelphia, 
Pa., on the 3d day of May, 1915, at the age of 71 years. 

In the full vigor of his strength, with mental powers unim- 
paired, with his work unfinished, without even the warning cry 
of pain or of weariness of mind, full of honors, beloved best by 
those who knew him best, his life went out and his earthly career 
was ended. He died as he lived, bravely facing life's duties, suc- 
cessfully bearing life's burdens, and "working out the things 
given him to do." 

Joseph A. Goulden was in every essential the type of a man 
the world loves. Just and generous, courageous and conservative, 
upright and fair, tender and sympathetic of heart, with a mes- 

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sage of good will to all, and of encouragement to his fellow men, 
he possessed a character worthy of all emulation and left mem- 
ories to be cherished throughout all the many years to come. 

Following the insistent impulses of his nature he ever sought 
graver duties and higher achievements. From early manhood he 
was almost continuously engaged in the service of the State and 
Nation. 

In 1864 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and rose 
to be a noncommissioned officer in the service. In 1914 he was 
elected, for the sixth time, to membership of the American Con- 
gress, wherein he became a commanding figure and rendered 
service of great value to his country. He was appointed a mem- 
ber of this board in 1902, and at the time of his death was 
the oldest member in service. In 1914 he was elected its president. 
In his official capacity he sought only the highest good of this 
institution and the permanent uplift of its members. He was 
beloved of his associates on this board, in his rare and genial 
presence all found pleasure and profit, and in his death each 
has sustained a personal and irreparable loss: Therefore 

Resolved, That we, the members of this board, for ourselves 
and for the officers and members of this home, deeply deplore the 
untimely death of Col. Goulden, and record here our belief in his 
unqualified loyalty to this institution and to its officers and mem- 
bers, our faith in his integrity and uprightness as a man, and our 
admiration for his life and character. 

Resolved, That this minute be made a part of the permanent 
records of this institution, and that a copy of the same be for- 
warded to the family of the deceased, to whom, for ourselves and 
for those whom we have tlie honor to represent, we extend our 
deepest sympathy and condolence. 
Adopted July 15, 1915. 

P. P. Bush, 

Acting President. 
Peter Shewdan, 
Secretary pro tempore. 

IN MEMORIAM ON THE DEATH OF BROTHER JOSEPH A. GOULDEN. 

[Resolutions unanimously adopted by Taneytown (Md.) Grange No. 184 in 
regular session, May 11, 1915.] 

As we meet together this evening there is a profound sorrow be- 
cause of the death of our brother Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, a great 

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statesman, a valiant soldier, a devout Christian, and a true neigh- 
bor. During the war he was an officer in the United States Navy. 
For several terms he was commander of the G. A. R. of New York. 

The war for the Union over, in peace as in war, his time and 
talents were at the command of his country, and step by step 
again he rose from the humble voter in the ranks until an over- 
whelming majority of his fellow citizens called him to be a Mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C. 

As a member of our grange, he always had its interest at heart 
and was one whose presence as master of ceremonies at the an- 
nual grange fair added largely to the success of the literary 
program. 

In the Subordinate and Pomona Grange he was a molder of 
opinions and a director of thoughts. So long as this grange 
stands, so long will his influence exist and his loss be keenly felt. 

Of the man there is no need to speak. His life was devoted to 
helping neighbors. The deep sense of personal loss with which 
his sudden demise struck all who knew him testifies more strongly 
to the hold he had upon the people he loved than could any mere 
empty words of grief; and from every heart, while torn with 
sorrow, comes the fltting epitaph: "Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." 

It is ordered that the charter of Taneytown Grange No. 184 
be draped for 60 days, and that this memoriam be entered upon 
the minutes of the grange, published in the Carroll Record, and 
a copy be sent to the family. 

It is further ordered that a page in the annual Grange Fair 
Catalogue be set aside to his memory, and as a mark of respect 
for the public spirit he always manifested in the grange fair, be 
it ordered that August 10, 1915, at 10 a. m., the opening services 
of the fair shall be a memorial service; that the flag be raised at 
half-mast, and all exhibitors, concession people, and all business 
of any kind be suspended during said service and the public be 
invited to join in this service. 

B. O. Slonaker, 

W. K. ECKER, 

Milton Ohler, 
John H. Shirk, 
Chas. E. H. Shriner, 

Committee. 



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THE PENN MUTUAL AGENCY ASSOCIATION. 

The Penn Mutual Agency Association has sustained a great loss 
in the death of Col. Joseph A. Goulden, who for 36 years was 
closely identified with the company in many important capacities. 
The summons came to him on May 3, 1915, in the city of Phila- 
delphia, where he had gone to attend meetings of the executive 
committee and the board of trustees. Col. Goulden first became 
associated with The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., on October 21, 1879, as superintendent of eastern 
agencies. Upon his removal in 1889 to New York City, he was 
appointed general agent. For many years he was vice president 
of The Penn Mutual Agency Association and was acting president 
at the time of his death. He was elected a member of the board 
I of trustees in October, 1914, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the 
death of Col. Markoc, of Baltimore. He filled these responsible 
positions with distinguished ability and marked success. He was 
elected to Congress in 1902 from the most populous district in the 
country, and he served for five full terms and a portion of the 
sixth term. He was interested in many State movements for the 
public good. Every question that touched the people was his 
concern, and in all his labors he commanded the confidence and 
esteem of his associates. His gospel was the gospel of good cheer, 
and his gracious smile and warm hand grasp will be sadly missed. 
Col. Joseph A. Goulden served in the Navy during the Civil War. 
He was trustee for many years of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home 
and recently was president and had been ofBcially and creditably 
connected with many organizations because of his keen interest 
in Grand Army affairs. In Col. Goulden's death we mourn the 
loss of an upright man, a loyal friend, a wise and faithful coun- 
selor. 

Asleep amidst the familiar scenes of his summer home at Taney- 
town, Md., we bid him a long farewell. May he rest in sweet 
peace. 

Hugh M. Willet, 
J. W. Iredell, Jr., 
James C. Biggert, 

Committee. 
October 18, 1915. 



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BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. 

New York, May 17, 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2i33 Creston Avenue, New York City. 
Dear Mrs. Goulden: In accordance with action taken by the 
board of education at its meeting held on May 12, I send you 
herewith a copy of the tribute to the late Mr. Goulden prepared 
by Mr. Frank D. Wilsey and unanimously adopted by the board 
by a rising vote. 

In doing so I can not refrain from expressing my personal 
sympathy to you and your family. While I was not connected 
with the board of education when Mr. Goulden was a member, 
I met him on a number of occasions and was well aware of his 
deep interest in the public schools. It was always a pleasure to 
meet him, and I regret that my opportunities for doing so were 
not more frequent. 

Again assuring you of my sympathy, I remain, 
Very truly, yours, 

A. Emerson Palmer, 
Secretary Board of Education. 



It seems appropriate that action should be taken by the board 
of education with reference to the death of Hon. Joseph A. 
Goulden, which occurred very suddenly in Philadelphia on May 
3, 1915, because at various times he was ofTicially connected with 
the public-school system, and also because of his deep interest, 
extending over many years, in the well-being of the schools of 
this city. He was apparently in good health and as active as 
usual in his customary pursuits up to the moment when he was 
stricken. 

Mr. Goulden was born in Pennsylvania August 1, 1844. Before 
he attained his majority he enlisted in the Marine Corps of the 
United States Navy, serving therein in 1864 and 1865. In 1892 
he was appointed by Mayor Hugh J. Grant a member of the board 
of education of the former city of New York, and was active in 
its work for his term of three years, 1893-1895, being a member 
of the committees on teachers, sites and new buildings, school 
furniture, nomination of trustees, supplies and school system, and 
also a member of the executive committee of the College of the 
City of New York 



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In 1902 he was appointed a member of the local school board 
of district No. 25, and was chairman of that board until October, 
1903, when he resigned, prior to taking his seat in the House of 
Representatives at Washington. Mr. Goulden served as a Member 
of Congress from March 4, 1903, until his death, with the excep- 
tion of one term. 

Having been a teacher in early life, Mr. Goulden's interest in 
everything relating to the public schools was intense, regardless 
of whether or not he was officially connected with the educa- 
tional department. One instance of this interest is found in the 
work which he undertook some 15 years ago in providing busts 
of George Washington for the schools in the Borough of The 
Bronx. In 1901 Mr. Frank Tilford presented copies of the 
Houdon bust of Washington to all the public schools in Man- 
hattan. Shortly thereafter a movement was started in the interest 
of The Bronx schools, of which Mr. Goulden was the most active 
promoter. 

Mr. Goulden served as a member of the board of managers of 
the State Reformatory at Morganza, Pa.; as a member of the 
board of trustees at the soldiers' home at Bath, N. Y.; and was 
secretary of the commission which erected the Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive. 

In the death of Mr. Goulden the public schools of this city, and 
especially those of The Bronx, have lost a most sincere well- 
wisher and supporter, and not a few of our principals, teachers, 
and pupils must feel that they have lost a personal friend. 

" Resolved, That the foregoing be adopted as an inadequate ex- 
pression of the feeling entertained by the board of education by 
reason of the lamented death of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, and 
that a copy of the same be transmitted to his family." 



MOSHOLU CATHOLIC CLUB. 

At a regular meeting of the Mosholu Catholic Club, held Tues- 
day evening, May 4, 1915, the following preambles and resolutions 
were unanimously adopted: 

"Whereas the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden having departed this 
life on May 3, 1915; and 

" Whereas he always was a loyal friend and supporter of this 
club; and 

" Whereas the members of this club desire to express their deep 
sorrow upon his sudden death; be it 

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" Resolved, That the members of the Mosholu Catholic Club 
keenly feel his loss and hereby lender to his family their heart- 
felt sympathy and condolence in this hour of their bereavement; 
and be it further 

" Resolved, That these resolutions be spread at length upon the 
minutes of this meeting and a copy forwarded to the family of 
the late Hon. Joseph A. Goulden " 

MosHOLU Catholic Club, 
By Frank J. Goso, 
James M. Moran, 
Daniel O'Sullivan, 

Comnii7/ee. 
New York, May 10, 1915. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE HARLEM LUNCHEON ASSOCIATION. 

Whereas on the 3d day of May, 1915, Hon. Joseph A. Goulden 
departed this life, and, by resolution duly passed at the meeting 
of the Harlem Luncheon Association, held on the 12th day of 
May, 1915, it was 

Resolved, That out of respect to the memory of the deceased 
gentleman suitable action should be taken to mark the high regard 
in which he was held during his lifetime. 

Resolved, That we deeply deplore his death and extend to his 
widow and children our deep sympathy in the hour of their great 
grief. 

Resolved, That a copy of these preambles and resolutions be 
forwarded to the widow of the deceased gentleman. 

Attest: 

C. H. Fuller, Secretary. 



memorial of the BRONX BOARD OF TRADE. 
[Prcparod and presented by Hon. James L. Wells.] 

At a regular meeting of The Bron.x Board of Trade, held this 
26th day of May, 1915, the following memorial concerning the 
death of Col. Joseph A. Goulden, which occurred on Monday, 
the 3d day of May, was unanimously adopted and copies thereof, 
signed by the president and attested by the secretary, were di- 
rected to be transmitted to the family of the deceased and to the 
public press. 



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MEMORIAL. 

" The members of The Bronx Board of Trade, in the city of 
New York, hereby express and record their profound sorrow for 
the great loss which they, in common with people of our borough, 
city. State, and Nation, have experienced in the sudden death of 
Col. Joseph A. Goulden, the distinguished Representative of the 
twenty-third district of New York in the Congress of the United 
States, a charter member and for many years an active vice presi- 
dent and a faithful and conscientious director of this organi- 
zation. 

" The life of Col. Goulden is a splendid illustration of a noble 
patriotic American citizen. As a volunteer in the war for the 
preservation of the Union, as a public instructor and a life-long 
champion of popular education, as a manager of the Pennsylvania 
State Reformatory, as the secretary of the commission that erected 
the beautiful Soldiers and Sailors' Monument on Riverside Drive, 
as a trustee of the New York Soldiers and Sailors' Home, as a 
commissioner of education of the city of New York, as a Repre- 
sentative in Congress for 12 years, and as a member of this board, 
deeply interested in the development of The Bronx, Col. Goulden 
rendered services of inestimable value to the people. 

" He was assiduous and untiring in the performance of his 
public duties and conspicuous for his intelligence, his wide ex- 
perience, his sincerity of purpose, his sound judgment, and his 
moral courage. His genial manner and his uniform courtesy, his 
innumerable acts of kindness, his broad and liberal' views, his 
generous consideration of the opinion and the rights of others, 
his purity of life, and his unswerving belief in an overruling 
Providence guiding the destiny of men and nations— these are the 
qualities that endeared him to the people. These are the essential 
elements of his character that will long perpetuate his memory. 

•"The night dew that falls, 

Though in silence it weeps. 
Shall brighten with verdure 

The grave where he sleeps; 
And the tear that we shed, 

Though in silence it rolls, 
Shall long keep his memory 

Green in our souls.' 



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" The members of The Bronx Board of Trade, individually and 
as a body, tender their sincere and deepest sympathy to the be- 
reaved widow and family of Col. Gof lden. In recognition of his 
many important public services and as further testimony to the 
nobility of his manhood and the high esteem in which the mem- 
ory of our departed associate is held, it is hereby directed that 
this memorial be inscribed in full upon the records of this board." 



POTOMAC COUNCIL, KXIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. 

Washington, D. C, May 15, 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2433 Creston Avenue, Bronx, Keiv York City. 
Dear Mrs. Goulden: At the regular meeting of Potomac Council, 
Knights of Columbus, of a recent date, the attention of the council 
was called to the demise of your highly esteemed husband. 

In behalf of the council, I was directed to convey to you the 
sincere and heartfelt sympathj* of the council, and to express to 
you the great loss our order has sustained in his sudden departure 
from this life. 

We are not unmindful of the great work he accomplished in 
presenting and by his untiring energy having the Columbus 
Monument bill passed by the United States Congress. It is with 
a deep sense of gratitude we recall his successful efforts in this 
matter. 

To some of us who knew him personally, and had an oppor- 
tunit}' to appreciate his noble and lofty character, we can but 
say the world has lost a noble man. 

Trusting the good Lord may comfort you in the time of your 
great loss, and again extending our sincere sympathy', we are, 
Very truly and sincerely, yours, 

Potomac Council, No. 433, K. of C, 
P. L. O'Brien, Recorder. 



Brooklyn, May 12. 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, New York. 

Dear Madam: This post instructed me to convey to you our 
deep and hearty sympatliy in your recent bereavement. 
Very sincerely, yours, 

W. C. Peckham, Adjutant. 



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the bronx chamber of commerce. 

Bronx Chamber of Commerce, 

New York, May 29, 1915. 
Mrs. Joseph A. Goulden, 

2i^33 Creston Avenue, Bronx. 
Dear Madam: In compliance with the ''will of the chamber I 
have the honor of presenting the following resolution recently 
adopted : 

" Whereas Hon. Joseph A. Gouuden, a resident of The Bronx for 
most of his life, a Member of Congress for a long number of years, 
and always identified with and working for not only the interests 
of The Bronx, but those of the entire American people, has sud- 
denly passed away; and 

" Whereas the members of The Bronx Chamber of Commerce, in 
meeting held this 22d day of May, 1915, do recognize the true 
worth of the deceased : Therefore be it 

" Resolved, That the members of the said chamber of commerce 
unanimously, and with heartfelt sympathy, extend to Mrs. Joseph 
A. Goulden and family their condolences." 
Respectfully, yours, 

J. M. Taylor, Secretary. 



ladies auxiliary no. i. 

New York City, May 17, 1915. 
Mrs. J. A. Goulden, 

2433 Creston Avenue, Fordham. 
Dear Madam: In behalf of the members of Ladies' Auxiliary 
No. 1 I beg to extend to you our heartfelt sympathy for the death 
of your dearly beloved husband. He was the true friend of all 
who needed him and will be mourned by many. In your great 
bereavement we trust it will be a comfort to you to feel that 
those whom God wishes most He calls suddenly to Him. 

In sympathy and hoping God will lighten your grief, we beg 
to remain, 

Sincerely, your friends. 

Ladies' Auxiliary No. 1. 
Kate L. White, 

Recording Secretary. 

Mr. Bennet. I ask unanimous consent that during the 
next five legislative days those who were present and 

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those who for one reason or another are detained from 
this hall to-day may have leave to extend their remarks 
in the Record upon the life, character, and public services 
of the late Col. Joseph A. Goulden. 

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Hulbert). The gentle- 
man from New York asks unanimous consent that the 
Members of the House may have five legislative days 
within which to extend their remarks in the Record. Is 
there objection? 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker pro tempore. In accordance with the reso- 
lution heretofore adopted, the House will stand adjourned. 

Accordingly, at 1 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., the 
House adjourned until to-morrow, Monday, January 24, 
1916, at 12 o'clock noon. 

Saturday, February 5, i916. 

Mr. Rennet. Mr. Speaker, 1 ask unanimous consent to 
print in the Record, in connection with the Goulden me- 
morial exercises, a verj' brief letter from Mr. Goulden's 
predecessor, ex-Congressman Ayres. 

The Speaker. The gentleman from New York asks 
unanimous consent to print in the Record a letter from 
Mr. Goulden's predecessor, ex-Congressman Ayres. Is 
there objection? 

There was no objection. 

The following is the letter referred to : 

Dear Mr. Bennet: It is a privilege to be allowed to add a few 
words which can only too feebly express the regret we all have 
felt at the untimely removal from earthly scenes of activity of 
Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. His sudden death was a shock to the 
district, to the city, and to the State of New York. 

He was indeed a most useful Representative, and in his death 
the twenty-third congressional district of New York City sus- 
tained an irreparable loss. He was enthusiastically faithful to 
his duties as a Representative in Congress. No project for the 



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benefit of the Borough of The Bronx failed to receive his prompt 
sanction and his unwavering support. 

His wide acquaintance, his unvarying cheerfulness, and his 
great ability made him not only personally popular but exceed- 
ingly useful to every project to which his attention was turned. 

Steven B. Ayres. 
To Hon. William S. Bennet, 

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 



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Mr. Bennet. Mr. Speaker, under leave to print, I insert 
the following biographical sketch of the life of the late 
Joseph A. Goulden, prepared by Michael J. Corcoran, his 
secretary continuously for 25 years: 

Joseph A. Goulden was descended from that famous 
and sturdy " Pennsylvania Dutch " stock, which has been 
the backbone of several American Commonwealths for 
over two centuries. He was of the sixth generation on 
his father's side from Samuel Goulden or Gulden, who 
came from the German Palatinate prior to 1710 and 
settled in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pa. On his 
mother's side he was of the fifth generation from Valentine 
Wivell or Weybel, also from the Palatinate, who settled 
at Goshenhoppen, Berks County, Pa., about 1750. Some 
of Joseph A. Goulden's ancestors, and many of his rela- 
tives in the five and six generations before him, took part 
in the Revolutionary and other American wars; they 
were mainly farmers, owned and tilled their own lands, 
lived long, reared large families, walked in the fear of 
God and the love of their country', and proved themselves 
ideal citizens. 

Joseph A. Goulden inherited every splendid trait of 
his race and forefathers, and ably acquitted himself of 
his noble inheritance. He was born near Littlestown, 
Adams County, Pa., on August 1, 1844, the oldest of the 
four children of William Goulden and Mary Ann Wivell. 
His date of birth is in the baptismal record of St. Aloysius's 
Church, of Littlestown. In March, 1855, when in his 
eleventh year, he removed with his parents to the farm 
near Taneytown, Carroll County, Md., which thereafter 
was the home town of the family. 



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He led the usual life of a farmer's son, and his early- 
educational opportunities were limited to the usual four 
months of district school in the winters, which he attended 
faitlifully until he was 15 years old. In 1860 Prof. Andrew 
McKinney, a strong and sterling character, organized in 
Taneytown, Md., the select school known as Eagleton 
Institute; and in September, 1860, at the age of 16, Joseph 
A. GouLDEN entered this institute and remained until 
October, 1862, under the instruction of the efficient and 
zealous McKinney, who made such an impression on his 
student that for the rest of his life the latter always held 
his teacher in the highest esteem and most affectionate 
regard. 

In October, 1862, at age 18, Joseph A. Goulden began 
teaching in Ashbrook Academy, Littlestown, Pa., where 
he taught for two winters, until the early part of May, 
1864, taking some special instructions himself in the sum- 
mer of 1863. In November of 1863 he heard President 
Lincoln deliver his famous address on the battle field of 
Gettysburg, standing within a few feet of the orator and 
always retaining a vivid recollection of the wonderful 
event. That speech so crystallized his thoughts about the 
war that his school-teaching lost most of its charm that 
winter, and in May of 1864 he went to Philadelphia and 
enlisted as a private in the United States Marine Corps. 

He served on various ships of the North Atlantic, Poto- 
mac River, and James River Squadrons, took part in the 
hot fight at Drewrys Bluff and in various engagements 
with the Confederate batteries on the southern shore of 
the Potomac and in various fights and skirmishes. He was 
made a noncommissioned officer, and when mustered out 
with an honorable discharge on March 1, 1866, in his 
twenty-second year, he declined an appointment as a 
second lieutenant in the Regular Army. 



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He went home to Taneytown and entered the sqhool of 
his old and beloved teacher McKinney in order to pursue 
special studies in which he was deeply interested. In 
September of that year, 1866, he went to teach in Toms 
Creek Academy, near Emmitsburg, Pa.; a year later, in 
November, 1867, at the request of many of the prominent 
citizens and families of Emmitsburg, a town of 2,000 
people, he opened a select school and continued it with 
marked success for two years. 

In March, 1869, he went to Mill Greek (Bunker Hill), 
Berkeley County, W. Va., taking with him his young wife, 
Isabelle AUwein, distantly related to him through descent 
from old Pennsylvania families intermarried with the 
earlier generations of Gouldens and Wivells. He was 
married on December 26, 1866, in St. Mary's Church, 
Lebanon, Pa., by the Rev. J. H. Boetzkes. 

At Mill Creek he was again teaching, and reverting to 
his old love of farming during spare time. In November, 
1870, he removed to Martinsburg, county seat of Berkeley 
County, W. Va., to become the principal of St. Joseph's 
Parochial School, under the rectorship of Rev. John J. 
Kain, afterwards bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., and ai'ch- 
bishop of St. Louis, Mo. While in Martinsburg the spare 
time he formerly devoted to farming he now gave to real 
estate and insurance, trying his hand at these for the 
first time, and as evidence of his untiring energy and 
ambition he also studied law, working and studying day 
and night. 

As the insurance business seemed to furnish the best 
opportunities for his natural talents, he decided to devote 
himself to it exclusively, and removed to Lebanon, Pa., 
in May, 1872, where he spent three years actively engaged 
in Ills new business. In March, 1875, still engaged in the 
life insurance business, he moved to the seventeenth ward 
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; he was then in his thirty-first year, 

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thoroughlj^ equipped and experienced, and a new and 
broader pliase of his life began. 

His ability as an insurance man was so inarked that on 
October 21, 1879, he was appointed superintendent of 
eastern agencies for The Penn Mutual Life Insurance 
Co., and for the remainder of his life, some 35i years, he 
remained in the service of that company as superintend- 
ent of agents, general agent and manager, and member of 
the board of trustees. In his new position he traveled 
extensively in the Eastern, Middle, and Southern Atlantic 
States, appointed agents, aided them to secure business, 
filled them with his own overpowering enthusiasm and 
energy, and left unforgettable impressions of his cheerful 
disposition and remarkable pcrsonalitj'. 

He became interested in the Emerald Beneficial Asso- 
ciation, a fraternal, social, insurance, and beneficial organ- 
ization then spreading rapidly in western Pennsylvania, 
Maryland, Ohio, and New York; he soon became State 
president of it, and national president; of its semimonthly 
publication, The Vindicator, he became editor and pub- 
lisher. He traveled considerably also in the interest of 
the " E. B. A.," oi'ganized branches, addressed meetings, 
and filled the whole organization with the fire of his 
energy. 

The politics of his time had also strong appeals for him, 
and he had acquired, in his first few years in Pittsburgh, 
the reputation of being a \evy effective public speaker, 
ready at a moment's notice to discuss the issues of a cam- 
paign, with an unfailing flow of language, and in a happy 
and convincing way. 

His various activities as a life insurance man, as head 
of a widely known beneficial and fraternal society, as a 
newspaper editor, as a Democratic orator of undoubted 
ability; the constantly spreading circle of his friends made 
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forces, branches of fraternal orders, and political mass 
meetings, soon brought him into great prominence as 
one of Pittsburgh's leading citizens. 

In 1882 he was appointed one of the managers of the 
State Reform School at Morganza, Pa., bj' Robert E. Pat- 
tison, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania. Gov. 
Pattison had received warm, active, and unselfish support 
in a number of stirring meetings organized and addressed 
by his Pittsburgh admirer; the two men, so like in their 
great popularity and in their devotion to public causes, 
were ever after warm personal friends. On this board 
of managers Joseph A. Goulden served for four years. 

In 1886 he was unanimously selected by the Democrats 
of Pittsburgh's seventeenth ward and other parts of the 
fortj'-fourth Pennsylvania senatorial district as candidate 
for State senator. The district was Republican by about 
12,000, but he came so near to upsetting this margin by a 
remarkably active campaign, cutting the 12,000 down to 
1,500, that he gave the successful Republican candidate, 
Ex-State Senator John C. Newmeyer, an old political 
" war horse," the scare of his political life. 

But the call of a wider field was stirring him, and he 
was already pruning his wings for a larger flight. In 
1888 he announced his intention of leaving Pittsburgh and 
going to New York, and he secured the appointment as 
general agent in that city for his company. The Penn 
Mutual Life. Pittsburgh considered his going as a public 
loss, and a public banquet was tendered to him at the 
old Seventh Avenue Hotel, attended by the mayor, post- 
master, a host of city oiricials, and prominent business 
men. The speeches voiced the regret of the citizens, yet 
wished their fellow townsman Godspeed. A suitably 
inscribed and gem-studded gold watch and chain were 
presented, now the heirlooms of one of his grandsons. 



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In October, 1889, when 45 jears old, he came to New 
York and settled in the old Fordham section, the old 
college town of Poe fame, then a part of the annexed 
district or "North Side" of New York City. He lived in 
Fordham for the remainder of his life, over 25 years. As 
the general agent of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. 
he was successful from the start; but almost immediately 
his passion to be doing things for his neighbors and 
friends led him again into public prominence. He joined 
the Fordham Club and was selected chairman of its pub- 
lic improvement committee; he organized meetings to 
advocate needed improvements and inaugurated the plan 
of taking committees away down town to appear before 
the city oflicials and heads of departments to personally 
present the facts as to improvements, and to keep at it 
until the improvements were actually obtained. 

He then started organizing taxpayers' associations in 
the other sections of the annexed district, arranging mass 
meetings for sorely needed civic improvements and tak- 
ing committees on visits to the city officials to bring into 
actual being the needed improvements. In a few years 
he had organized these taxpayers' associations in nearly 
every section of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth 
wards, and the next forward step was the combination of 
all of these local associations into a general one, known 
as the Taxpayers' Alliance, of which he was the organizer 
and first president, presiding over it for four years. As 
it represented practically the entire " North Side " and had 
behind it the approval of every inhabitant and the propa- 
ganda of a very large membership in the local societies, 
this alliance became a powerful factor in public improve- 
ments and the record of its achievements a remarkable 
one. There was not a single one of these achievements in 
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He also joined the Democratic club of his district and 
was promptly appointed chairman of the speakers' com- 
mittee; in the course of a few campaigns it could be said 
that there was not a single Democratic political meeting 
in anj' part of the district that he did not address or pre- 
side over, and most of them he organized, gathering to- 
gether the audiences and arranging for the speakers. 

Another consuming passion of his life found free play 
almost from the moment of his advent in Fordham; that 
was his interest in education and the schools. He visited 
the public school in Fordham, impelled by his old love 
of teaching, and delivered to the pupils one of those short 
and brilliant talks that made such indelible impressions 
on their minds. He visited other schools, and his visits at 
each became frequent; it soon became his daily habit 
to visit some school at the assembly hour and to urge 
some civic virtue for the adoption of the pupils; he 
appeared at every graduation exercise that he could pos- 
sibly arrange to attend, and the principals in time began 
to so arrange the hours and days for these exercises that 
he could take in every one of them in succession all over 
the two wards of the annexed district. He grew to know 
every teacher and school official and almost every child 
in every school; in the course of years he followed their 
careers from class to class, from lower to higher grades, 
from grammar to high school and college. The pupils 
themselves, as well as the teachers, came to consider him 
alinost a permanent part of the school system, always 
present to aid and encourage and enthuse them, to stir 
up pride in their studies and ambition to succeed in life. 

He carried on all of these activities, and many others 
that came to his hand, simultaneously; his enormous ac- 
tivitj' and energy enabled him to crowd into each day the 
events which ordinarily would not fit into six days. And 
he did not neglect his insurance business nor his home 

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garden at Fordham, which he planted and cultivated as 
though he had no other interest in life, and from which 
he produced a fine crop of vegetables and flowers each 
year, thus giving rein to another of his life's passions — 
farming. 

He became so well known as a friend of the schools and 
as chief advocate of public improvements, and acquired 
such fame among city officials as the leader of incessant 
committees demanding and obtaining improvements, that 
he had only been in Fordham three years when Mayor 
Hugh J. Grant, in November, 1892, appointed him a school 
commissioner, or member of the city's board of educa- 
tion. During nearly four years' service as commissioner 
he was a very active member of six subcommittees of the 
board, did an immense amount of school work, and made 
an incredibly large number of visits to schools all over the 
city, attending the morning assemblies, graduation exer- 
cises, and those arranged to celebrate the National and 
State holidaj's. He obtained the approval of the board 
for the first pension plan in favor of superannuated 
teachers; and started patriotic instruction or military 
training in the schools. 

With the aid of several of the more sympathetic prin- 
cipals he organized uniformed companies of boys, and 
had officers of the Army and National Guard instruct 
them in military tactics after school hours on certain days 
and on Saturdays; where this could not be done, he had 
color guards of boj's organized to take charge of the 
school flag, to be displayed at morning assembly and 
solemnly saluted by the entire school, boys and girls. 
Meanwhile he had joined Winfield Scott Hancock Post of 
the Grand Army of the Republic; and he soon had the 
Grand Army of the Republic posts purchase and officially 
present American flags to the schools. These presentation 
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Army uniforms, handed over to the proud color guard 
of the school the glorious emblem of patriotism and love 
of country, were solemn spectacles and object lessons that 
the pupils never forgot. Commissioner Goulden was 
always the motive power from beginning to end, and he 
never rested until practically every post had presented 
one or more flags, and until every school had such a flag, 
with its ceremony of presentation and acceptance, and 
the custom inaugurated of saluting it daily. 

The idea of patriotic instruction and militaiy training 
did not grow rapidly, for want of instructors and press 
of other studies on the children's time, but he managed to 
have a number of schools organize and equip uniformed 
companies of boys, who took part in the parades on Me- 
morial Day and on other occasions, especially when the 
Grand Army of the Republic would also parade. And 
to this day no public celebration or parade is complete in 
New York without its section of children. 

His Grand Army of the Republic comrades soon elected 
him post commander, and in 1896, just as his term as 
school commissioner was expiring, he was elected chair- 
man of the memorial committee, the central body, com- 
posed of all the Grand Army of the Republic posts of the 
whole city of New York. Finding that as chairman of 
the memorial committee he was also a member of the 
commission designated by law to erect a memorial monu- 
ment to the city's toll of heroes in the Civil War, and as 
the conimission, with an appropriation of $300,000, had 
practically done nothing for want of the man with time 
to devote to it, he promptly assumed the task, had the 
commission organized, was elected its secretary, and 
never ceased in his efforts, practically alone and single 
handed, until the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument on 
Riverside Drive was a beautiful reality. The monument 
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and the ceremonies were almost a personal tribute to 
the secretary of the commission. 

In 1897, when his increasing public duties made it ap- 
pear that his life insurance business might suffer through 
lack of attention, he took into partnership his son, Maur- 
ice E. Goulden, already successful as manager of another 
company. His son from that time forward assumed most 
of the burdens and office duties of the business of J. A. 
Goulden & Son as general agents of The Penn Mutual Life, 
and this devotion and loyalty enabled the father to give 
an ever larger amount of time and attention to civic and 
public matters. 

These now included, among all the others previously 
referred to, his chairmanship of the local school board 
of the twenty-fifth city district, for almost two years; and 
his membership in the board of trustees of the New York 
State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, at Bath, N. Y. On the 
latter board he was appointed in 1902, and served con- 
tinuously to his death, at which time he was the president 
of the board and its member oldest in service. For years- 
he was vice president of The Penn Mutual Agency Asso- 
ciation, composed of the managers and general agents of 
the company throughout the entire country; he presided 
at many of its meetings and at the meetings of its ex- 
ecutive committee, and took an active part in all the 
projects for the good of the company and the business, 
and in 1914 became the president of the association. He 
was a vice president of the North Side Board of Trade, 
composed of the leading business men of the twenty-third 
and twenty-fourth wards. He was a trustee of the Church 
of Our Lady of Mercy, in Fordham, from 1893 until his 
death. 

At the time he came to New York, and on various later 
occasions when suggestions were made as to possible 
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son, and to others as the occasion sei'ved, that he had but 
one political ambition, and that was to serve the people 
as their Representative in Congress. He said that if the 
people would elect him a Member of Congress the dream 
of his life would be realized. He was so widely known 
in 1902, yet had so persistently refused to be considered 
for the usual political offices, that it was felt he had no 
ambition to be elected to public office; but always he had 
the one ambition, without a thought that it might ever be 
fulfilled, of serving the people in Congress. 

When, as a result of the census of 1900 and the subse- 
quent reapportionment of the State, The Bronx became 
a congressional district by itself, instead of being torn 
between Westchester County and New York City, the 
entire Democracy, as though one man, turned to him as 
the party candidate for Member of Congress from the new 
eighteenth district, and suddenly the dreams of his whole 
life seemed to crystallize into reality. He went into the 
campaign with his heart on fire with enthusiasm, with 
all the exaltation of a prophet. Some of his armies of 
friends, chiefly Republicans, wavered for a moment, un- 
able to grasp the idea that the unselfish friend of every 
public movement, their leader in every inch of the way to 
civic improvement in The Bronx regardless of parties or 
interests, could be just a Democrat; but the wavering was 
only for a moment, and he was elected by a handsome 
majority of votes in a district with a larger population 
than any other congressional district in the United States. 

He was reelected in 1904, 1906, and 1908, always with 
handsome majorities. In 1910 he positively refused to be 
a candidate for reelection, stating in a public speech that 
it was time to give others a chance to serve the people in 
exalted places. 

But in 1912, after another reapportionment of the State 
based on the 1910 census, when The Bronx was to be the 

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major portion of two congressional districts, the Demo- 
crats of the more northerly district, in which he lived, 
so prevailed upon him that he consented to be a candidate 
for Member of Congress in the new twenty-third district. 
His triumph in the primaries was only a prelude to a 
greater triumph in the election. 

In 1913, when the growing size and importance of The 
Bronx compelled the parties to take account of Bronx 
men in the selection of the greater city's three chief 
officers — mayor, comptroller, and president of the board 
of aldermen — the Democrats had the distinction of being 
the first party to make the recognition. In spite of his 
most strenuous efforts to avoid it, he verj' reluctantly 
acceded to the practically unanimous demand of the 
party and of the people and became the candidate for 
president of the board of aldermen; he made the campaign 
with all of his old-time energy and enthusiasm, but went 
down to defeat with his party, his personality having 
nothing whatever to do with the defeat. 

But in 1914 he was again elected a Member of Congress 
for the sixth time; he had served two months of this sixth 
term when he died suddenly in Philadelphia on May 3, 
1915. 

Man J' new honors had come to him. He was elected a 
trustee of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., then an 
institution with assets of $140,000,000 to be administered; 
he was a trustee of the New York Catholic Protectory, and 
took a deep intei-est in the education and industrial train- 
ing of its army of boys and girls; he was vice president of 
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association and labored 
hard to complete The Bronx link of that commercial 
waterway which was to protect and develop American 
trade and commerce. 

He was loaded with many honors, and yet with a multi- 
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never flinched nor failed toward the end, never faltered 
in the face of dutj% could not be persuaded that age or 
other conditions could hamper his energy' or lessen his 
activity; he died in the full tide of pulsing life, while liv- 
ing strenuously, while on his way blithely and joyfully 
to attend a meeting of the trustees of his beloved insurance 
company, after 35| years of ministrations to its widows 
and orphans. 

He cared little for fame, as such, or for the opinion of 
posterity'; but the wonderful outpouring of tributes occa- 
sioned by his death would have gladdened his heart could 
he have but known. Most touching of all were the proces- 
sions of school children who could not understand that 
there was an end of the friend who seemed to be with 
them unceasingly; and of the old soldiers who seemed to 
feel that their last prop was gone; and of thousands of 
men and women who looked upon him as the solver of 
all their problems, the friend in all emergencies, the 
cheerful helper in everj- extremity. In his old home 
town — Taneytown, Md. — when his body was brought there 
with all the pomp and panoply of a congressional funeral 
service, where he knew personally every man, woman, 
and child, the mourning was profound and intense; all 
business was suspended for the whole day, and absolutely 
the whole town turned out to publicly mourn for their 
great dead. On May 6, 1915, he was buried in the family 
plot, among seven generations of his family, in soil seven 
times sacred to him. 

The one great outstanding fact of his life, the great 
principle which underlaj^ his every activity, the key to his 
achievements, was his unselfish devotion to other people 
and the people's interests. The life insurance business 
appealed keenly to him, because it meant pi'otection to 
widows and orphans; it meant thrift and old-age funds 
for everj'one; teaching meant the preparation of the ris- 

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ing generation for their part in life, for their carrying 
on of the duties of civilization; his war experience was 
prompted by a like impulse to be of service to others. 
He was always impelled unconsciously to be up and doing 
for others; and, while there were times when it seemed 
as though this would overwhelm him and his own beloved 
ones with disaster, his great faith in ultimate good over- 
came all perils and troubles, and the great tide of his life 
would again run on for the public good. He never had a 
selfish thought for himself nor for his own future; his 
heart beat itself out for others. 



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Proceedings in the Senate. 

Tuesday, December 7, 1915. 

Mr. Williams. Mr. President, it becomes my sad duty to 
announce that in the time intervening between the ad- 
journment of the last Congress and the convening of this 
Congress three distinguished citizens of the Republic, 
Members of the House of Representatives, have died — 
the Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, of New York ; the Hon. Wil- 
liam M. Brown, of Pennsylvania; and the Hon. Samuel 
Andrew Witherspoon, of the State of Mississippi. I 
move, as a fitting tribute to the memory of the deceased 
Members of the House of Representatives, that the Senate 
do now adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 
o'clock and 20 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
Friday, December 10, 1915, at 12 o'clock meridian. 

Thursday, December 16, 1915. 
A message from the House of Representatives, by D. K. 
Hempstead, its enrolling clerk, transmitted to the Senate 
resolutions on the death of Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, late a 
Representative from the State of New York. 

Monday, Jamiary 2k, 1916. 
A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. 
South, its Chief Clerk, transmitted to the Senate resolu- 
tions of the House on the death of Hon. Joseph A. 
Goulden, late a Representative from the State of New- 
York. 

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